Financial AccountingReceivables-MCQs

1. In preparing its financial statements for the current year, a company’s closing inventory was understated by $300,000.

What will be the effect of this error if it remains uncorrected?

2. An inventory record card shows the following details.

February 1      50 units in stock at a cost of $40 per unit
7      100 units purchased at a cost of $45 per unit
14        80 units sold
21        50 units purchased at a cost of $50 per unit
28        60 units sold

What is the value of inventory at 28 February using the FIFO method?

3. The financial year of Mitex Co ended on 31 December 20X1. An inventory count on January 4 20X2 gave a total inventory value of $527,300.
The following transactions occurred between January 1 and January 4.

What inventory value should be included in Mitex Co’s financial statements at 31 December 20X1?

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5. The closing inventory at cost of a company at 31 January 20X3 amounted to $284,700.

The following items were included at cost in the total:
1.      400 coats, which had cost $80 each and normally sold for $150 each.  Owing to a defect in manufacture, they were all sold after the reporting date at 50% of their normal price. Selling expenses amounted to 5% of the proceeds.
2.     800 skirts, which had cost $20 each. These too were found to be defective. Remedial work in February 20X3 cost $5 per skirt, and selling expenses for the batch totalled $800. They were sold for $28 each.

What should the inventory value be according to IAS 2 Inventories after considering the above items?

6. A company values its inventory using the first in, first out (FIFO) method. At 1 May 20X2 the company had 700 engines in inventory, valued at $190 each.

During the year ended 30 April 20X3 the following transactions took place:
20X2
01-Jul      Purchased 500 engines at $220 each
01-Nov     Sold 400 engines for $160,000
20X3
01-Feb      Purchased 300 engines at $230 each
15-Apr       Sold 250 engines for $125,000

What is the value of the company’s closing inventory of engines at 30 April 20X3?

7. Cost of goods manufactured – opening work in process + ending work in process =?

8. IAS 2 Inventories defines the items that may be included in computing the value of an inventory of finished goods manufactured by a business.

Which one of the following lists consists only of items which may be included in the statement of financial position value of such inventories, according to IAS 2?

9. The inventory value for the financial statements of Global Co for the year ended 30 June 20X3 was based on a inventory count on 7 July 20X3, which gave a total inventory value of $950,000.

Between 30 June and 7 July 20X6, the following transactions took place.

What figure should be included in the financial statements for inventories at 30 June 20X3?

10. The inventory value for the financial statements of Q for the year ended 31 December 20X4 was based on an inventory count on 4 January 20X5, which gave a total inventory value of $836,200.
Between 31 December and 4 January 20X5, the following transactions took place:

What adjusted figure should be included in the financial statements for inventories at 31 December 20X4?