Problem 6-62A, Obj. 1, 2
Student Name
Course Name
Student ID:
Date:
Jul (30,000 units @ cost of $58) ……………………
Nov (50,000 units @ cost of $62) …………………
Dec (60,000 units @ cost of $68)………………..…
Total purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash payments on account totaled $8,592,000. During fiscal year 2016, the store sold 151,000 units of
merchandise for $15,477,500, of which $5,300,000 was for cash and the balance was on account. Big
Box uses the average-cost method for inventories. Operating expenses for the year were $2,500,000.
Big Box paid 70% in cash and accrued the rest as accrued liabilities. The store accrued income tax at
the rate of 30%.
Big Box purchases inventory in crates of merchandise; each crate of inventory is a unit. The fiscal year
of Big Box ends each January 31.
Assume you are dealing with a single Big Box store in Rosedale, Minnesota. The Rosedale store began
2016 with an inventory of 23,000 units that cost a total of $1,219,000. During the year, the store
purchased merchandise on account as follows:
Students: Please fill-in areas that are
shaded. Use formulas were possible.
Show how to account for inventory in a perpetual system using the
average-costing method