Income is to be evaluated under four different situations as follows: The basic data common to all

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Income is to be evaluated under four different situations as follows:image text in transcribed

The basic data common to all four situations are sales, 500 units for $12,500; beginning inventory, 300 units; purchases, 400 units; ending inventory, 200 units; and operating expenses, $4,000.
The following tabulated income statements for each situation have been set up for analytical purposes:image text in transcribed

Required: 1. Complete the preceding tabulation for each situation. In Situations A and B (prices rising), assume the following: beginning inventory, 300 units at $12 = $3,600; purchases. 400 units at $13 =

$5,200. In Situations C and D (prices falling), assume the opposite; that is. beginning inventory. 300 units at $13 = $3,900; purchases. 400 units at $12 = $4,800. Use periodic inventory procedures. 2. Analyze the relative effects on pretax income and on net income as demonstrated by requirement 1 when prices are rising and when prices are falling. 3. Analyze the relative effects on the cash position for each situation. 4. Would you recommend FIFO or LIFO? Explain.

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 9780070891739

1st Canadian Edition

Authors: Robert Libby

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