Financial AccountingReceivables-MCQs

1. Which of the following costs may be included when arriving at the cost of finished goods inventory for inclusion in the financial statements of a manufacturing company?

1     Carriage inwards
2    Carriage outwards
3    Depreciation of factory plant
4    Finished goods storage costs
5    Factory supervisors’ wages

 
 
 
 

2. 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.

$
Purchase of goods 11,750
Sale of goods (mark up on cost at 15%) 14,950
Goods returned by Global Co to supplier 1,500

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

 
 
 
 

3. The information below relates to inventory item Z.
March 1      50 units held in opening inventory at a cost of $40 per unit
17     50 units purchased at a cost of $50 per unit
31    60 units sold at a selling price of $100 per unit

Under AVCO, what is the value of inventory held for item Z at the end of March 31?

 

 
 
 
 

4. You are preparing the financial statements for a business. The cost of the items in closing inventory is $41,875.  This includes some items which cost $1,960 and which were damaged in transit.

You have estimated that it will cost $360 to repair the items, and they can then be sold for $1,200.

What is the correct inventory valuation for inclusion in the financial statements?

 
 
 
 

5. The closing inventory of X amounted to $116,400 excluding the following two inventory lines:
1    400 items which had cost $4 each. All were sold after the reporting period for $3 each, with selling expenses of $200 for the batch.
2    200 different items which had cost $30 each. These items were found to be defective at the end of the reporting period. Rectification work after the statement of financial position amounted to $1,200, after which they were sold for $35 each, with selling expenses totalling $300.

Which of the following total figures should appear in the statement of financial position of X for inventory?

 
 
 
 

6. Which of the following statements about the valuation of inventory are correct, according to IAS 2 Inventories?
1      Inventory items are normally to be valued at the higher of cost and net realisable value.
2     The cost of goods manufactured by an entity will include materials and labour only. Overhead costs cannot be included.
3     LIFO (last in, first out) cannot be used to value inventory.
4     Selling price less estimated profit margin may be used to arrive at cost if this gives a reasonable approximation to actual cost.

 

 
 
 
 

7. Supervisor’s salary and equipment repair cost are examples of

 
 
 
 

8. 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?

 
 
 
 

9. A company with an accounting date of 31 October carried out a physical check of inventory on 4 November 20X3, leading to an inventory value at cost at this date of $483,700.
Between 1 November 20X3 and 4 November 20X3 the following transactions took place:
1.  Goods costing $38,400 were received from suppliers.
2.  Goods that had cost $14,800 were sold for $20,000.
3.  A customer returned, in good condition, some goods which had been sold to him in October for $600 and which had cost $400.
4.  The company returned goods that had cost $1,800 in October to the supplier, and received a credit note for them.

What figure should appear in the company’s financial statements at 31 October 20X3 for closing inventory, based on this information?

 
 
 
 

10. Which of the following is/are inventory valuation method(s)?

 
 
 
 


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