Given the Following Information, Determine the Cost of Ending Inventory

question 51

Short Answer

Given the following information, determine the cost of ending inventory at November 30 using the FIFO perpetual inventory method.
November 3: 15 units were purchased at $8 per unit.
November 11: 18 units were purchased at $9.50 per unit.
November 15: 15 units were sold at $45 per unit.
November 18: 30 units were purchased at $10.75 per unit.
November 30: 20 units were sold at $55 per unit.

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Definitions:

Overhead Incurred

Overhead incurred refers to the total costs associated with running a business that are not directly tied to a specific product or service.

Overhead Applied

The allocation of indirect costs to produced goods or services, based on a predetermined rate or method.

Underapplied Overhead

This refers to the situation where the allocated manufacturing overhead cost is less than the actual overhead cost incurred.

Cost of Goods Sold

The immediate expenses linked to the manufacture of goods a company sells, which covers both materials and workforce.