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Perpetual Inventory Using LIFO

Beginning inventory, purchases, and sales data for prepaid cell phones for May are as follows:

Inventory Purchases Sales
May 1 4,000 units at $35 May 10 2,000 units at $37 May 12 2,800 units
20 1,800 units at $39 14 2,400 units
31 1,200 units
Question Content Area
a. Assuming that the perpetual inventory system is used, costing by the LIFO method, determine the cost of merchandise sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, presenting the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit 4. Under LIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the HIGHER unit cost first in the Cost of Merchandise Sold Unit Cost column and LOWER unit cost first in the Inventory Unit Cost column.

Schedule of Cost of Merchandise Sold
LIFO Method
Prepaid Cell Phones





Date



Quantity
Purchased


Purchases
Unit Cost


Purchases
Total Cost


Quantity
Sold Cost of
Merchandise
Sold
Unit Cost Cost of
Merchandise
Sold
Total Cost


Inventory
Quantity


Inventory
Unit Cost


Inventory
Total Cost
May 1 fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_1
4,000
$fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_2
35
$fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_3
May 10 fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_4
2,000
$fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_5
37
$fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_6
74,000
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4,000
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35
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2,000
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37
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May 12 fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_13
$fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_14
$fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_15
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1,200
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May 14 fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_22
2,400
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39
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2,000
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May 20 fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_28
1,800
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39
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70,200
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1,800
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May 31 fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_37
1,200
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May 31 Balances $fill in the blank bf7198004004fd9_46
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