Accounting Inventory Problems
Accounting Inventory Problems
PROBLEM 10-14
                                                                        PROBLEM 10-17
Gray Company regularly buys sweaters and is allowed a trade
                                                                        Rabb Company records purchases at gross amount but wishes to
discount of 20% and 10%.
                                                                        change to recording purchases net of purchase discounts. Discounts
The entity made a purchase during the year and received an invoice      available on purchases for the current year amount to P20,000. Of
with a list price of P900,000, a freight charge of P50,000, and         this amount, P2,000 is still available in the accounts payable balance.
payment terms of net 30 days.
                                                                        The balances at year-end before conversion are:
What amount should be recorded as cost of the purchase?
                                                                         Purchases                                                 1,000,000
 A    648,000                                                            Purchases discounts taken                                     8,000
 B    630,000                                                            Accounts payable                                            300,000
 C    698,000
 D    680,000                                                           1. What amount should be reported as accounts payable at year-end
                                                                           after the conversion?
PROBLEM 10-19                                                              The returned goods were shipped by Kew on December 28,
                                                                           2021. A P70,000 credit memo was received and recorded by
Hero Company reported inventory on December 31, 2021 at                    Kew on January 5, 2022.
P6,000,000 based on a physical count of goods priced at cost, and
before any necessary year-end adjustment relating to the following:
                                                                         On December 31, 2021, Kew has a P500,000 debit balance in
   Included in the physical count were goods billed to a customer        accounts payable to Ross, a supplier, resulting from a P500,000
    FOB shipping point on December 31, 2021.                              advance payment for goods to be manufactured.
    These goods had a cost of P125,000 and were picked up by the
                                                                      What amount should be reported as accounts payable on December
    carrier on January 10, 2022,
                                                                      31, 2021?
   Goods shipped FOB shipping point on December 28, 2021 from
    a vendor to Hero Company were received on January 4, 2022.         A    2,170,000
    The invoice cost was P300,000.                                     B    2,680,000
                                                                       C    2,730,000
What amount should be reported as inventory on December 31,
                                                                       D    2,670,000
2021?
 A    5,875,000
                                                                      PROBLEM 10-24
 B    6,000,000
 C    6,175,000                                                       Megan Company counted the ending inventory on December 31,
 D    6,300,000                                                       2021 and reported the amount of P2,000,000 before any corrections.
                                                                      None of the following items were included when the total amount of
PROBLEM 10-20                                                         the ending inventory was computed:
Empty Company reported inventory on December 31, 2021 at                Goods located in Megan Company’s
P2,500,000 based on physical count priced at cost and before any         warehouse are on consignment from another
necessary adjustment for the following:                                  entity                                            150,000
   Merchandise costing P100,000, shipped FOB shipping point            Goods sold by Megan Company and shipped
    from a vendor on December 30, 2021 was received and                  FOB destination were in transit on December
    recorded on January 5, 2022.                                         31, 2021 and received by the customer on
   Goods in the shipping area were excluded form inventory              January 2, 2022.                                  200,000
    although shipment was not made until January 5, 2022.               Goods purchased by Megan Company and
    The goods billed to the customer FOB shipping point on               shipped FOB shipping point were in transit on
    December 30, 2021 had a cost of P400,000.                            December 31, 2021 and received by Megan
                                                                         Company on January 2, 2022                        300,000
What amount should be reported as inventory on December 31,
                                                                        Goods sold by Megan Company and shipped
2021?
                                                                         FOB shipping point were in transit on
 A    2,500,000                                                          December 31, 2021 and received by customer
 B    2,600,000                                                          on January 2, 2022                                400,000
 C    2,900,000                                                       What amount of inventory should be reported on December 31,
 D    3,000,000                                                       2021?
                                                                       A    2,500,000
                                                                       B    2,350,000
                                                                       C    2,900,000
                                                                       D    2,750,000
PROBLEM 10-21
PROBLEM 10-25                                                              A P1,050,000 shipment of goods to a customer on December
                                                                            30, 2021 FOB destination was recorded as a sale in 2021.
Reverend Company conducted a physical count on December 31,                 The goods costing P840,000 and delivered to the customer on
2021 which revealed merchandise with a total cost of P5,000,000.            January 5, 2022 were not included in 2021 ending inventory.
However, further investigation revealed that the following items were   What amount should be reported as inventory on December 31,
excluded from the count.                                                2021?
   Goods sold to a customer which are being held for the customer       A    9,300,000
    to call at the customer’s convenience with a cost of P200,000.       B    7,610,000
   A packing case containing a product costing P500,000 was             C    8,100,000
    standing in the shipping room when the physical inventory was        D    8,450,000
    taken.
    The product was not included in the inventory because it was
    marked “hold for shipping instructions”.                            PROBLEM 10-27
    The investigation revealed that the customer’s order was dated
    December 28, 2021, but the case was shipped and the                 White Company’s usual sales terms are net 60 days, FOB shipping
    customer billed on January 5, 2022.                                 point. Sales, net of returns and allowances, totaled P5,000,000 for
                                                                        the year ended December 31, 2021, before year-end adjustment.
   A special machine costing P250,000 fabricated to order for a
    customer was specifically segregated at the back part of the           On December 27, 2021, White Company authorized a customer
    shipping room on December 31, 2021.                                     to return, for full credit, goods shipped and billed at P50,000 on
    The customer was billed on that date and the machine was                December 5, 2021.
    excluded from inventory although it was shipped on January 5,           The returned goods were received by White Company on
    2022.                                                                   January 5, 2022, and a P50,000 credit memo was issued on the
   Goods in process costing P300,000 held by outside processor             same date.
    for further processing.                                                Goods with an invoice amount of P300,000 were billed to a
   Goods costing P50,000 shipped by a vendor FOB seller on                 customer on January 10, 2022. The goods were shipped on
    December 31, 2021 and received by the entity on January 10,             December 31, 2021.
    2022.                                                                  Goods with an invoice amount of P200,000 were billed and
What amount of inventory should be reported on December 31,                 recorded on December 30, 2021. The goods were shipped on
2021?                                                                       January 5, 2022.
                                                                           On January 5, 2022, a customer notified White Company that
 A    5,500,000                                                             goods billed at P500,000 and shipped on December 31, 2021
 B    5,550,000                                                             were lost in transit.
 C    5,850,000
 D    5,800,000                                                         What amount of net sales should be reported for the current year?
                                                                         A    5,050,000
PROBLEM 10-26                                                            B    5,550,000
                                                                         C    4,550,000
Sundown Company is preparing the 2021 year-end financial                 D    4,450,000
statements. Prior to any adjustments, inventory is valued at
P7,600,000.
                                                                        PROBLEM 10-28
   Goods costing P250,000 were received from a vendor on
    January 5, 2022. The related invoice was received and recorded      Purple Company had sales of P4,000,000 during December of the
    on January 12, 2022.                                                current year. Experience has shown that merchandise equaling 7%
    The goods were shipped December 31, 2021 FOB shipping               of sales will be returned within 30 days and an additional 3% will be
    point.                                                              returned within 90 days. Returned merchandise is readily resalable.
   Goods costing P850,000 were shipped on December 31, 2021            In addition, merchandise equaling 15% of sales will be exchanged for
    to a customer FOB shipping point.                                   merchandise of equal or greater value.
    The goods were included in ending inventory for 2021 even
    though the sale was recorded in 2021.                               What amount should be reported for net sales for the month of
   A P350,000 shipment of goods to a customer on December 31,          December?
    2021 FOB destination was not included in the year-end
    inventory.                                                           A    3,600,000
    The goods cost P260,000 and were delivered to the customer           B    3,400,000
    on January 15, 2022. The sale was properly recorded in 2022.         C    3,120,000
                                                                         D    3,000,000
   An invoice for goods costing P350,000 was received and
    recorded as a purchase on December 31, 2021.
    The related goods shipped FAS were in transit on December 31,
    2021 and received on January 5, 2022 and were not included in
    the physical inventory.                                             PROBLEM 10-29
Yellow Company, a distributor of machinery, bought a machine from           C. Parts in transit on December 31, 2021 to customers, shipped
the manufacturer in November 2021 for P500,000.                                FOB shipping point, on December 28, 2021, amounted to
                                                                               P34,000.
On December 31, 2021, the entity sold this machine for P750,000,
under the following terms: 2% discount if paid within 30 days, 1%               The customers received parts on January 6, 2022. Sales of
discount if paid after thirty days but within sixty days, or payable in         P40,000 to the customers for the parts were recorded by
full within ninety days of not paid within the discount periods.                Fancy Company on January 2, 2022.
However, the customer had the right to return this machine to Yellow
Company if it was unable to resell the machine before expiration of         D. Retailers were holding P210,000 at cost and P250,000 at
the ninety-day payment period, in which case the customer’s                    retail, of goods on consignment from Fancy Company, at their
obligation to Yellow Company would be cancelled.                               stores on December 31, 2021.
In the net sales for the year ended December 31, 2021, what amount          E. Goods were in transit from a vendor to Fancy Company on
should be included for the sale of the machine?                                December 31, 2021. The cost of goods was P25,000.
                                                                               The goods were shipped FOB shipping point on December 29,
 A    750,000
                                                                               2021.
 B    735,000
 C    742,500
 D    0                                                                   1. What amount should be reported as inventory?
                                                                           A 1,300,000
PROBLEM 10-30                                                              B 1,320,000
                                                                           C 1,334,000
On October 1, 2021, Orange Company sold 100,000 gallons of                 D 1,090,000
heating oil at P30 per gallon. Fifty thousand gallons were delivered      2. What amount should be reported as accounts payable?
on December 15, 2021, and the remaining 50,000 gallons were
delivered on January 15, 2022.                                             A 835,000
                                                                           B 960,000
Payment terms were: 50% due on October 1, 2021, 25% on the first           C 975,000
delivery, and the remaining 25% due on the second delivery.                D 860,000
                                                                          3. What amount should be reported as sales?
What amount of sales revenue should be recognized during 2021?
                                                                           A    9,250,000
 A    3,000,000                                                            B    9,290,000
 B    1,500,000                                                            C    9,040,000
 C    2,250,000                                                            D    9,000,000
 D    1,000,000
                                                                          PROBLEM 10-32
PROBLEM 10-31
                                                                          Quarry Company, a manufacturer of small tools, provided the
Fancy Company is a wholesale distributor of automotive replacement        following information for the year ended December 31, 2021.
parts. The entity revealed the following initial amounts on December
31, 2021:                                                                  Inventory at December 31 based on physical            1,750,000
                                                                           count
 Inventory at December 31 based on physical count           1,250,000      Accounts payable at December 31                       1,200,000
 Accounts payable                                           1,000,000      Net sales                                             8,500,000
 Sales                                                      9,000,000
                                                                          Additional information
Additional information:
                                                                          A. Included in the physical count were tools billed to a customer FOB
  A. Parts held on consignment from another entity to Fancy                  shipping point on December 31, 2021. These tools had a cost of
     Company, the consignee, amounting to P165,000, were                     P28,000 and were billed at P35,000.
     included in the physical count on December 31, 2021, and in
     accounts payable on December 31, 2021.                                 The shipment was in loading dock waiting to be picked up by
                                                                            common carrier.
  B. P20,000 of parts which were purchased and paid for in
     December 2021, were sold in the last of 2021 and appropriately       B. Goods were in transit from a vendor to Quarry Company on
     recorded as sales of 28,000.                                            December 31, 2021.
     The parts were included in the physical count on December 31,          The invoice cost was P50,000, and the goods were shipped FOB
     2021, because the parts were on the loading dock waiting to be         shipping point on December 29, 2021.
     picked up by the customers.
C.Work in process inventory costing P20,000 was sent to an outside
  processor for plating on December 30, 2021.
                                                                       PROBLEM 10-33
D.Tools returned by customers and held pending inspection in the       1. Which of the following should not be taken into account when
  returned goods are on December 31, 2021 were not included in            determining the cost of inventory?
  the physical count.
                                                                        A    Storage costs of part-finished goods
  On January 5, 2022, the tools costing P26,000 were inspected and      B    Trade discounts
  returned to inventory.                                                C    Recoverable purchase taxes
                                                                        D    Import duties on shipping of inventory inward
  Credit memos totaling P40,000 were issued to the customers on
  the same date.                                                       2. The cost of inventory does not include
                                                                        A    Salaries of factory staff
E. Tools shipped to a customer FOB destination on December 26,
                                                                        B    Storage cost necessary in the production process before a
   2021, were in transit on December 31, 2021, and had a cost of
                                                                             further production stage
   P25,000.
                                                                        C    Abnormal amount of wasted materials
                                                                        D    Irrecoverable purchase taxes
  Upon notification of receipt by the customer on January 5, 2022,
  Quarry Company issued a sales invoice for P42,000.
                                                                       3. Which of the following costs of conversion cannot be included in
                                                                          cost of inventory?
F. Goods, with an invoice cost of P30,000, received from a vendor at
   5:00 PM on December 31, 2021, were recorded on a receiving           A    Cost of direct labor
   report dated January 2, 2022.                                        B    Factory rent and utilities
                                                                        C    Salaries of sales staff
  The goods were not included in the physical count but the invoice     D    Factory overhead based on normal capacity
  was included in accounts payable on December 31, 2021.
                                                                       4. Which of the following should be taken into account when
G.Goods received from a vendor on December 26, 2021 were                  determining the cost of inventory?
  included in the physical count.
                                                                        A    Storage cost of part-finished goods
                                                                        B    Abnormal freight in
  However, the related P60,000 vendor invoice was not included in
                                                                        C    Recoverable purchase tax
  accounts payable on December 31, 2021 because the accounts
                                                                        D    Interest on inventory loan
  payable copy of the receiving report was lost.
                                                                       5. Costs incurred in bringing the inventory to the present location
H.On January 10, 2022, a monthly freight bill in the amount of            and condition include
  P20,000 was received. The bill specifically related to merchandise
  purchased in December 2021, one-half of which was still in the        A    Cost of designing product for specific customers
  inventory on December 31, 2021.                                       B    Abnormal amount of wasted material
                                                                        C    Storage cost not necessary in the production process before
  The freight charge was not included in either the inventory or in          a further production stage
  accounts payable on December 31, 2021.                                D    Distribution cost
1. What amount should be reported as inventory? 6. Inventories encompass all of the following, except
 A    Land acquired for resale by a real estate firm                    1. Theoretically, cash discounts permitted should be
 B    Shares and bonds held for resale by a brokerage firm               A    Added to other income, whether taken or not
 C    Partially completed goods held by a manufacturing entity           B    Added to other income, only if taken
 D    Machinery acquires by a manufacturing entity                       C    Deducted from inventory, whether taken or not
                                                                         D    Deducted from inventory, only if taken
10. When determining the cost of an inventory, which of the following
   should not be included?                                              2. Which of the following generally would not be separately
 A    Interest on loan obtained to purchase the inventory                  accounted for in the computation of cost of goods sold?
 B    Commission paid when inventory is purchased                        A    Trade discounts applicable to purchases
 C    Labor cost of the inventory when manufactures                      B    Cash discounts taken
 D    Depreciation of plant equipment used in manufacturing              C    Purchase returns and allowances
                                                                         D    Cost of transportation for merchandise purchased.
PROBLEM 10-34
                                                                        3. The use of purchase discount account implies that the recorded
1. Why is inventory included in the computation of net income?             cost of a purchased inventory is
 A    To determine cost of goods sold                                    A    Invoice price
 B    To determine sales revenue                                         B    Invoice price plus any discount lost
 C    To determine merchandise returns                                   C    Invoice price less the purchase discount taken
 D    Inventory does not affect net income                               D    Invoice price less the purchase discount allowable whether
                                                                              taken or not
2. Which is a characteristic of perpetual inventory system?
                                                                        4. The use of a discount lost account implies that cost of purchased
 A    Inventory purchases are debited to a purchases account.              inventory is
 B    Inventory records are not kept for every item.
 C    Cost of goods sold is recorded with each sale.                     A    Invoice price
 D    Cost of goods sold is determined as the amount of purchases        B    List price
      less the change in inventory.                                      C    Invoice price less the purchase discount taken
                                                                         D    Invoice price less the purchase discount allowable whether or
3. Which is incorrect about the perpetual inventory method?                   not taken
 A    Purchases are recorded as debit to the inventory account.         5. The valuation of inventory on a prime cost basis
 B    The entry to record a sale includes a debit to cost of goods
      sold and a credit to inventory                                     A    Would achieve the same results as direct costing
 C    After a physical inventory count, inventory is credited for any    B    Would exclude all overhead from inventory cost
      missing inventory.                                                 C    Is always achieved when standard costing is adopted
 D    Purchase returns are recorded by debiting accounts payable         D    Is always achieved when the FIFO is adopted
      and crediting purchase returns and allowances.