Response to the following problem:
Each team member has the responsibility to become an expert on an inventory method. This expertise will be used to facilitate teammates' understanding of the concepts relevant to that method.
1. Each learning team member should select an area for expertise by choosing one of the following inventory methods: specific identification, LIFO, FIFO, or weighted average.
2. Form expert teams made up of students who have selected the same area of expertise. The instructor will identify where each expert team will meet.
3. Using the following data, each expert team must collaborate to develop a presentation that illustrates the relevant concepts and procedures for its inventory method. Each team member must write the presentation in a format that can be shown to the learning team.
Data
The company uses a perpetual inventory system. It had the following beginning inventory and current year purchases of its product.
Jan. 1 Beginning inventory. . . . . . . . . 50 units @ $10 5 $ 500
Jan. 14 Purchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 units @ $12 5 1,800
Apr. 30 Purchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 units @ $15 5 3,000
Sept. 26 Purchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 units @ $20 5 6,000
The company transacted sales on the following dates at a $35 per unit sales price.
Jan. 10 30 units (specific cost: 30 @ $10)
Feb. 15 100 units (specific cost: 100 @ $12)
Oct. 5 350 units (specific cost: 100 @ $15
Concepts and Procedures to Illustrate in Expert Presentation
a. Identify and compute the costs to assign to the units sold. (Round per unit costs to three decimals.)
b. Identify and compute the costs to assign to the units in ending inventory. (Round inventory balances to the dollar.)
c. How likely is it that this inventory costing method will reflect the actual physical flow of goods? How relevant is that factor in determining whether this is an acceptable method to use?
d. What is the impact of this method versus others in determining net income and income taxes?
e. How closely does the ending inventory amount reflect replacement cost?
4. Re-form learning teams. In rotation, each expert is to present to the team the presentation developed in part 3. Experts are to encourage and respond to questions.