The Devlin Corporation, a diversified distribution company, purchases cartons of canned tennis balls from the Questor Company and markets the balls under the Devlin brand name. Devlin started operations on January 1, 2016. In the table below, Quarter 1 represents the time period from January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016 and Quarter 2 represents the time period from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016. Devlin began operations on January 1, 2016 with no inventory.
Purchases and sales data for Devlin's first two quarters of business are shown below:
Quarter 1
Sales Purchases
Quarter 2
Sales Purchases
January February March
April May June
26,000 cartons at $37 per carton 5,000 cartons at $12 10,000 cartons at $16 15,000 cartons at $18
63,000 cartons at $45 per carton 16,000 cartons at $20 18,000 cartons at $24 26,000 cartons at $30
1. Calculate the Quarter 2 ending inventories (in dollars) using the LIFO inventory valuation method.
2. Calculate Quarter 2 GROSS PROFIT using the LIFO inventory valuation method.
3. Calculate the Quarter 2 ending inventories (in dollars) using the FIFO inventory valuation method.
4. Calculate Quarter 2 GROSS PROFIT using the FIFO inventory valuation method.