Williams Company Had the Following Balances and Transactions During 2014

question 23

Multiple Choice

Williams Company had the following balances and transactions during 2014. Williams maintains its records of inventory on a perpetual basis using the last-in, first-out method. Calculate the amount of ending Merchandise Inventory at December 31, 2014 using the lower-of-cost-or-market rule.

• A)$750
• B)$1,140
• C)$1,200
• D)$1,950

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Definitions:

Reciprocal Services

The process in cost accounting where two or more departments provide services to each other and the costs of these services are allocated between them.

Direct Method

A costing approach that allocates service department costs directly to producing departments without considering service department interactions.

Support Department

A division within an organization that provides essential services to other departments but does not directly contribute to profit, such as IT or HR.

Cost Allocation

The process of distributing or assigning indirect costs to different departments, products, or projects.