Financial AccountingReceivables-MCQs

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. S sells three products – Basic, Super and Luxury. The following information was available at the year end.

What is the value of inventory at the year end?

9. 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.

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