company is holding on consignment. the goods belong to agler corporation.
2>the physical count did not include goods purchased by dobson with a cost of $40,000
that were shipped fob shipping point on december 28 and did not arrive at dobson’s
warehouse until january 3.
3>included in the inventory account was $22,000 of office supplies that were stored in
the warehouse and were to be used by the company’s supervisors and managers during
the coming year.
4>the company received an order on december 29 that was boxed and was sitting on the
loading dock awaiting pick-up on december 31. the shipper picked up the goods on
january 1 and delivered them on january 6. the shipping terms were fob shipping point.
the goods had a selling price of $40,000 and a cost of $30,000. the goods were not
included in the count because they were sitting on the dock.
5>on december 29, dobson shipped goods with a selling price of $90,000 and a cost of
$60,000 to central sales corporation fob shipping point. the goods arrived on january 3.
central sales had only ordered goods with a selling price of $10,000 and a cost of
$7,000. however, a sales manager at dobson had authorized the shipment and said that if
central wanted to ship the goods back next week, it could.
6>included in the count was $50,000 of goods that were parts for a machine that the
company no longer made. given the high-tech nature of dobson’s products, it was
unlikely that these obsolete parts had any other use. however, management would prefer
to keep them on the books at cost, ‘since that is what we paid for them, after all.”
prepare a schedule to determine the correct inventory amount. provide explanations for
each item above, saying why you did or did not make an adjustment for each item.