会计学原理Financial Accounting by Robert Libby第八版 第七章 答案.docx
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会计学原理FinancialAccountingbyRobertLibby第八版第七章答案
Chapter7
ReportingandInterpretingCostofGoodsSoldandInventory
ANSWERSTOQUESTIONS
1.Inventoryoftenisoneofthelargestamountslistedunderassetsonthebalancesheetwhichmeansthatitrepresentsasignificantamountoftheresourcesavailabletothebusiness.Theinventorymaybeexcessiveinamount,whichisaneedlesswasteofresources;alternativelyitmaybetoolow,whichmayresultinlostsales.Therefore,forinternalusersinventorycontrolisveryimportant.Ontheincomestatement,inventoryexertsadirectimpactontheamountofincome.Therefore,statementusersareinterestedparticularlyintheamountofthiseffectandthewayinwhichinventoryismeasured.Becauseofitsimpactonboththebalancesheetandtheincomestatement,itisofparticularinteresttoallstatementusers.
2.Fundamentally,inventoryshouldincludethoseitems,andonlythoseitems,legallyownedbythebusiness.Thatis,inventoryshouldincludeallgoodsthatthecompanyowns,regardlessoftheirparticularlocationatthetime.
3.Thecostprinciplegovernsthemeasurementoftheendinginventoryamount.Theendinginventoryisdeterminedinunitsandthecostofeachunitisappliedtothatnumber.Underthecostprinciple,theunitcostisthesumofallcostsincurredinobtainingoneunitoftheinventoryiteminitspresentstate.
4.Goodsavailableforsaleisthesumofthebeginninginventoryandtheamountofgoodspurchasedduringtheperiod.Costofgoodssoldistheamountofgoodsavailableforsalelesstheendinginventory.
5.Beginninginventoryisthestockofgoodsonhand(ininventory)atthestartoftheaccountingperiod.Endinginventoryisthestockofgoodsonhand(ininventory)attheendoftheaccountingperiod.Theendinginventoryofoneperiodautomaticallybecomesthebeginninginventoryofthenextperiod.
6.(a)Averagecost–Thisinventorycostingmethodinaperiodicinventorysystemisbasedonaweighted-averagecostfortheentireperiod.Attheendoftheaccountingperiodtheaveragecostiscomputedbydividingthegoodsavailableforsaleinunitsintothecostofgoodsavailableforsaleindollars.Thecomputedunitcostthenisusedtodeterminethecostofgoodssoldfortheperiodbymultiplyingtheunitssoldbythisaverageunitcost.Similarly,theendinginventoryfortheperiodisdeterminedbymultiplyingthisaverageunitcostbythenumberofunitsonhand.
(b)FIFO–Thisinventorycostingmethodviewsthefirstunitspurchasedasthefirstunitssold.Underthismethodcostofgoodssoldiscostedattheoldestunitcosts,andtheendinginventoryiscostedatthenewestunitcosts.
(c)LIFO–Thisinventorycostingmethodassumesthatthelastunitspurchasedarethefirstunitssold.Underthismethodcostofgoodssoldiscostedatthenewestunitcostsandtheendinginventoryiscostedattheoldestunitcosts.
(d)Specificidentification–Thisinventorycostingmethodrequiresthateachiteminthebeginninginventoryandeachitempurchasedduringtheperiodbeidentifiedspecificallysothatitsunitcostcanbedeterminedbyidentifyingthespecificitemsold.Thismethodusuallyrequiresthateachitembemarked,oftenwithacodethatindicatesitscost.Whenitissold,thatunitcostisthecostofgoodssoldamount.Itoftenischaracterizedasapick-and-choosemethod.Whentheendinginventoryistaken,thespecificitemsonhand,valuedatthecostindicatedoneachofthem,istheendinginventoryamount.
7.Thespecificidentificationmethodofinventorycostingissubjecttomanipulation.Manipulationispossiblebecauseonecan,atthetimeofeachsale,select(pickandchoose)fromtheshelftheitemthathasthehighestorthelowest(orsomeother)unitcostwithnoparticularrationaleforthechoice.Therationalemaybethatitisdesiredtoinfluence,byarbitrarychoice,boththeamountofincomeandtheamountofendinginventorytobereportedonthefinancialstatements.Toillustrate,assumeitemAisstockedandthreeareontheshelf.Onecost$100;thesecondonecost$115;andthethirdcost$125.Nowassumethatoneunitissoldfor$200.Ifitisassumedarbitrarilythatthefirstunitissold,thegrossprofitwillbe$100;ifthesecondunitisselected,thegrossprofitwillbe$85;oralternatively,ifthethirdunitisselected,thegrossprofitwillbe$75.Thus,theamountofgrossprofit(andincome)willvarysignificantlydependinguponwhichoneofthethreeisselectedarbitrarilyfromtheshelfforthisparticularsale.Thisassumesthatallthreeitemsareidenticalineveryrespectexceptfortheirunitcosts.Ofcourse,theselectionofadifferentunitcost,inthiscase,alsowillinfluencetheendinginventoryforthetworemainingitems.
8.LIFOandFIFOhaveoppositeeffectsontheinventoryamountreportedunderassetsonthebalancesheet.Theendinginventoryisbaseduponeithertheoldestunitcostorthenewestunitcost,dependinguponwhichmethodisused.UnderFIFO,theendinginventoryiscostedatthenewestunitcosts,andunderLIFO,theendinginventoryiscostedattheoldestunitcosts.Therefore,whenpricesarerising,theendinginventoryreportedonthebalancesheetwillbehigherunderFIFOthanunderLIFO.Conversely,whenpricesarefallingtheendinginventoryonthebalancesheetwillbehigherunderLIFOthanunderFIFO.
9.LIFOversusFIFOwillaffecttheincomestatementintwoways:
(1)theamountofcostofgoodssoldand
(2)income.Whenthepricesarerising,FIFOwillgivealowercostofgoodssoldamountandhenceahigherincomeamountthanwillLIFO.Incontrast,whenpricesarefalling,FIFOwillgiveahighercostofgoodssoldamountand,asaresult,alowerincomeamount.
10.Whenpricesarerising,LIFOcausesalowertaxableincomethandoesFIFO.Therefore,whenpricesarerising,incometaxislessunderLIFOthanFIFO.Alowertaxbillsavescash(reducescashoutflowforincometax).ThetotalamountofcashsavedisthedifferencebetweenLIFOandFIFOinventoryamountsmultipliedbytheincometaxrate.
11.LCMisappliedwhenmarket(definedascurrentreplacementcost)islowerthanthecostofunitsonhand.Theendinginventoryisvaluedatmarket(lower),which(a)reducesnetincomeand(b)reducestheinventoryamountreportedonthebalancesheet.TheeffectofapplyingLCMistoincludetheholdinglossontheincomestatement(asapartofCGS)intheperiodinwhichthereplacementcostdropsbelowcostratherthanintheperiodofactualsale.
12.Whenaperpetualinventorysystemisused,theunitcostmustbeknownforeachitemsoldatthedateofeachsalebecauseatthattimetwothingshappen:
(a)theunitssoldandtheircostsareremovedfromtheperpetualinventoryrecordandthenewinventorybalanceisdetermined;(b)thecostofgoodssoldisdeterminedfromtheperpetualinventoryrecordandanentryintheaccountsismadeasadebittoCostofGoodsSoldandacredittoInventory.Incontrast,whenaperiodicinventorysystemisusedtheunitcostneednotbeknownatthedateofeachsale.Infact,theperiodicsystemisdesignedsothatcostofgoodssoldforeachsaleisnotknownatthetimeofsale.Attheendoftheperiod,undertheperiodicinventorysystem,costofgoodssoldisdeterminedbyaddingthebeginninginventorytothetotalgoodspurchasedfortheperiodandsubtractingfromthattotaltheendinginventoryamount.Theendinginventoryamountisdeterminedbymeansofaphysicalinventorycountofthegoodsremainingonhandandwiththeunitsvaluedonaunitcostbasisinaccordancewiththecostprinciple(byapplyinganappropriateinventorycostingmethod).
ANSWERSTOMULTIPLECHOICE
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*Duetothenatureofthesecasesandprojects,itisverydifficulttoestimatetheamountoftimestudentswillneedtocompletetheassignment.Aswithanyopen-endedproject,itispossibleforstudentstodevotealargeamountoftimetotheseassignments.Whilestudentsoftenbenefitfromtheextraeffort,wefindthatsomebecomefrustratedbytheperceiveddifficultyofthetask.Youcanreducestudentfrustrationandanxietybymakingyourexpectationsclear.Forexample,whenourgoalistosharpenresearchskills,wedevoteclasstimetodiscussingresearchstrategies.Whenwewantthestudentstofocusonarealaccountingissue,weoffersuggestionsaboutpossiblecompaniesorindustries.
MINI-EXERCISES
M7–1.
TypeofBusiness
TypeofInventoryMerchandisingManufacturing
WorkinprocessX
FinishedgoodsX
MerchandiseX
RawmaterialsX
M7–2.
Torecordthepurchaseof90newshirtsinaccordancewiththecostprinciple(perpetualinventorysystem):
Inventory(+A)2,150
Cash(A)2,150
Cost:
$1,800+$185+$165=$2,150.
The$108interestexpenseisnotapropercostoft
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