Perpetual inventory using FIFO
The following units of a particular item were available for sale during the calendar year:
Date Line Item Description Values
Jan. Inventory units at $
Apr. Sale units
June Purchase units at $
Sept. Sale units
Nov. Purchase units at $
This information has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file. Open the spreadsheet, perform the required analysis, and input your answers in the question below.
Open spreadsheet
The firm maintains a perpetual inventory system. Determine the cost of goods sold for each sale and the inventory balance after each sale, assuming the firstin firstout method. Present the data in the form illustrated in Exhibit Under FIFO, if units are in inventory at two different costs, enter the units with the LOWER unit cost first in the Cost of Goods Sold Unit Cost column and in the Inventory Unit Cost column.
Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold
FIFO Method
Date Purchases
Quantity Purchases
Unit Cost Purchases
Total Cost Cost of
Goods Sold
Quantity Cost of
Goods Sold
Unit Cost Cost of
Goods Sold
Total Cost Inventory
Quantity Inventory
Unit Cost Inventory
Total Cost
Jan. fill in the blank $fill in the blank $fill in the blank
Apr. fill in the blank $fill in the blank $fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank
June fill in the blank $fill in the blank $fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank
June fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank
Sept. fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank
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Nov. fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank
Nov. fill in the blank fill in the blank fill in the blank
Dec. Balances $fill in the blank