Lauer Corporation Uses the Periodic Inventory System and Has Provided

question 22

Multiple Choice

Lauer Corporation uses the periodic inventory system and has provided the following information about one of its laptop computers: $\begin{array}{clrr}\text { Date }&\text { Transaction } &\text { Number of Units }&\text { Cost per Unit }\\\hline1 / 1 & \text { Beginning Inventory } & 100 & \$ 800 \\5 / 5 & \text { Purchase } & 200 & \$ 900 \\8 / 10 & \text { Purchase } & 300 & \$ 1,000 \\10 / 15 & \text { Purchase } & 200 & \$ 1,100\end{array}$ During the year, Lauer sold 750 laptop computers. What was cost of goods sold using the LIFO cost flow assumption?

• A) $725,000.
• B) $740,000.
• C)$735,000.
• D)$720,000.

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Definitions:

Budgeted Production

The planned level of production output, determined based on forecasted sales and inventory requirements, to guide manufacturing processes.

Units

Basic quantities or measurements in which variables, constants, and other quantities are expressed in various contexts such as physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

Sales Forecast

The estimation of the amount of goods or services that will be sold during a future period.

Ending Inventory

The total value of all unsold goods that a company has in stock at the end of an accounting period.