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  • Nov 26, 2007, 11:47 AM
    sweetkendra
    How to figure out the specific identification method?
    This is what I was given to answer: Use this inventory information for the month of June to answer the following question.

    June 1 Beginning inventory 10 units @ $120
    5 Purchase 60 units @ $112
    14 Sale 40 units
    21 Purchase 30 units @ $116
    30 Sale 28 units

    What is cost of goods sold under the Specific Identification Method?Assuming the periodic method was used
    a) More information is needed.
    b) $3,704
    c) $7,696
    d) $7,736

    Please help
  • Nov 26, 2007, 01:10 PM
    student 101
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by sweetkendra
    This is what I was given to answer: Use this inventory information for the month of June to answer the following question.

    June 1 Beginning inventory 10 units @ $120
    5 Purchase 60 units @ $112
    14 Sale 40 units
    21 Purchase 30 units @ $116
    30 Sale 28 units

    What is cost of goods sold under the Specific Identification Method?Assuming the periodic method was used
    a) More information is needed.
    b) $3,704
    c) $7,696
    d) $7,736

    Please help

    More info is needed bacause in order to use this method we need to know each item and be able to identified for inventory purposes we do not use this method because is a waste of time . Instead we use lifo fifo and weigth average
  • Nov 26, 2007, 01:47 PM
    qcmar24
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by sweetkendra
    This is what I was given to answer: Use this inventory information for the month of June to answer the following question.

    June 1 Beginning inventory 10 units @ $120
    5 Purchase 60 units @ $112
    14 Sale 40 units
    21 Purchase 30 units @ $116
    30 Sale 28 units

    What is cost of goods sold under the Specific Identification Method?Assuming the periodic method was used
    a) More information is needed.
    b) $3,704
    c) $7,696
    d) $7,736

    Please help

    In order for you to do the specific identification method you need to know the specific price for which each unit was sold at.
    Then the answer to your Qs is "a" more info is needed
  • Nov 26, 2007, 01:51 PM
    student 101
    When a question is answer please do not repeat my answers
  • Nov 27, 2007, 10:04 AM
    sweetkendra
    Comment on student 101's post
    Accounting is so hard for me to understand, the answer was extremely helpful, I understood it.

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