Boxwood Company sells blankets for $60 each. The following was taken from the inventory records during May. The company had no beginning inventory on May 1. Date Blankets Units Cost May 3 Purchase 5 $20 10 Sale 3 17 Purchase 10 24 20 Sale 6 23 Sale 3 30 Purchase 10 30 Assuming that the company uses the perpetual inventory system, determine the cost of merchandise sold for the sale of May 20 using the FIFO inventory cost method.

$136

Explanation:

Date      Transaction       Units         Cost           Total          

3             Purchase             5            $20             $100

10            Sale                     3

17            Purchase            10            $24            $240

20           Sale                     6

23           Sale                     3

30           Purchase           10             $30            $300

using the first in, first out method, the COGS is calculated based on the oldest price of the units in merchandise inventory:

6 units were sold on May 20th, 2 of them costed $20 (May 3rd purchase) per unit = $40, while 4 of them costed $24 (May 17th purchase) = $96. Total COGS = $40 + $96 = $136.