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Chapter 5 Weekly Discussion

Chapter 5 Weekly Discussion

Q Chapter 5 - Weekly Discussion \ 1. If costs are increasing, how does that impact the balance sheet and income statement for the following: (a) FIFO (b) LIFO and (c) weighted average (Consider impact on ending inventory and cost of goods sold) RUBRIC: **5 points are awarded for a post that correctly and the answer with proper punctuation and grammar. This post is typically is a full paragraph with at least 5-8 sentences. **3 points are awarded for a post that is "mostly" correct and complete with proper punctuation and grammar. This post is typically close to a full paragraph with at least 3-5 sentences. **1 point is awarded for a post that is incorrect and/or incomplete. **0 points are awarded to those that do not answer the question

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If the costs are increasing it impacts FIFO because ending inventory would be overstated, and cost of goods sold would be understated. Which would then overstate gross profit and net income. This would impact LIFO because ending inventory would be understated, and cost of goods sold would be overstated. Which would them understate gross profit and net income. Finally, under this cost flow assumption, each time a purchase takes place, a new average cost is computed for the cost of goods available for sale, and issues are recorded at the average cost so arrived at.