Question

Sanfillipo, Inc., had 800 units of inventory on hand at March 1, 2018, costing $20 each. Purchases and sales of inventory during the month of March were as follows:

Date Purchases Sales
March 8 600 units
15 400 units @ $22 each
22 400 units @ $24 each
27 400 units

Sanfillipo uses the periodic inventory system. According to a physical count, 600 units were on hand at the end of March.

The cost of inventory at the end of March applying the FIFO method is:

Answer 1

$14,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Under this periodic inventory, the latest purchase date is first recognized and then the previous date purchase is recognized for computing the ending inventory. The calculation is shown below:

Since the closing stock has 600 units out of 400 units is to be considered for $24 at March 22 date and the remaining 200 units would be taken at $22 each at March $15

In mathematically,

= 400 units × $24 + 200 units × $22

= $9,600 + $4,400

= $14,000