FIFO Perpetual Inventory

The beginning inventory of merchandise at Dunne Co. and data on purchases and sales for a three-month period ending June 30 are as follows:

Date	Transaction	Number of Units		Per Unit		Total
Apr. 3	Inventory	25		$1,200		$30,000
8	Purchase	75		1,240		93,000
11	Sale	40		2,000		80,000
30	Sale	30		2,000		60,000
May 8	Purchase	60		1,260		75,600
10	Sale	50		2,000		100,000
19	Sale	20		2,000		40,000
28	Purchase	80		1,260		100,800
June 5	Sale	40		2,250		90,000
16	Sale	25		2,250		56,250
21	Purchase	35		1,264		44,240
28	Sale	44		2,250		99,000

Required:

1. Record the inventory, purchases, and cost of merchandise sold data in a perpetual inventory record similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 3, using the first-in, first-out method. Under FIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the LOWER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Dunne Co. Schedule of Cost of Merchandise Sold FIFO Method For a Three-Month Period
	Purchases			Cost of Merchandise Sold			Inventory
Date	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost	Quantity	Unit Cost	Total Cost
Apr. 3								$	$
Apr. 8		$	$
Apr. 11					$	$
Apr. 30
May 8
May 10
May 19
May 28
June 5
June 16
June 21
June 28
June 30	Balances					$			$

2. Determine the total sales and the total cost of merchandise sold for the period. Journalize the entries in the sales and cost of merchandise sold accounts. Assume that all sales were on account.

Record sale
Record cost

3. Determine the gross profit from sales for the period. $

4. Determine the ending inventory cost on June 30. $

5. Based upon the preceding data, would you expect the inventory using the last-in, first-out method to be higher or lower?