Question 1

Y2K, Inc. located in the U.S.A. purchases 4,000 widgets monthly from XYZ, LLC located in Wales. The terms are FOB Wales. Widgets are shipped by ocean freight, and arrive on the first of the following month in the U.S.A. Each widget has an FOB price of $108, with Total Landed Costs of $12.50 per widget. Y2K, Inc. has a contribution margin of 68% and a gross margin of 45%. The following are the monthly sales in units:

- January 2022: 1,800

- February 2022: 2,100

- March 2022: 2,500

Required

Please calculate the following and show your work:

- Sales price of a widget

- Revenue in $ for each month (assume no returns or discounts)

- Contribution Margin in $ for each month

- Gross Margin in $ for each month

- COGS/COS in $ for each month

- What suggestions would you have to increase the contribution margin?

- What suggestions would you have to increase the gross margin?

- Please document all journal entries by month for the problem above. Assume widgets are purchased on the first day of the month, and all sales are recorded on the last day of the month.

- Assuming beginning inventory is $0, please calculate beginning and ending inventory values for each month.

- Assuming beginning inventory is $0, please calculate beginning and ending inventory values for each month if terms were FOB U.S.A.

After the YE 2021 was closed, Y2K, Inc. received the following bills on January 1st 2022. Assume no accruals were made in 2021.