Q. Explain Weighted-average inventory?
Weighted-average: Ensuing inventory is priced using a weighted-average unit cost. In perpetual inventory procedure a new weighted-average is determined after each purchase. In periodic procedure the average is determined at the end of the accounting period by dividing the total number of units purchased plus those in beginning inventory into total cost of goods available for sale. In the determining of cost of goods sold this average unit cost is applied to each item. Under the weighted-average method in a period of increasing prices net income is usually higher than income under LIFO and lower than income under FIFO.