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McNeal Company uses the periodic inventory method and had the following inventory information available:
      Units          Unit Cost                   Total Cost
1/1     Beginning Inventory     100     $3     $   300
1/20     Purchase     500     $4     2,000
7/25     Purchase     100     $5     500
10/20     Purchase        300     $6      1,800
          1,000          $4,600

A physical count of inventory on December 31 revealed that there were 350 units on hand.

Instructions
Answer the following independent questions and show computations supporting your answers.
1.     Assume that the company uses the FIFO method. The value of the ending inventory at December 31 is $__________.
2.     Assume that the company uses the average cost method. The value of the ending inventory on December 31 is $__________.
3.     Assume that the company uses the LIFO method. The value of the ending inventory on December 31 is $__________.
4.     Determine the difference in the amount of income that the company would have reported if it had used the FIFO method instead of the LIFO method. Would income have been greater or less?

 

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Atlanta, Georgia

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I tried using the book but no luck

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March 29 7:47 PM (3 minutes and 20 seconds later)
         
Thank you. Are you able to correctly make out the information at the top? It looks a little unorganized.
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March 29 8:22 PM (33 minutes and 58 seconds later)
         
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March 29 8:35 PM (12 minutes and 47 seconds later)
         
Thank you very much. Do you know how to prepare a bank reconciliation?
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March 29 8:42 PM (3 minutes and 1 second later)
         
Sure thing. I have one more I will send you and that will be it for today. I thank you for your help once again!
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