ECONOMICS

COST ACCOUNTING

PROCESS COSTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The FIFO method combines beginning inventory and current production to compute cost per unit of production.
A
True
B
False
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The FIFO method separates beginning inventory and current production to compute cost per unit ofproduction. (T) The numerator in the formula for equivalent units includes all beginning inventory costs when using theweighted average costing assumption.

Detailed explanation-2: -The FIFO method combines beginning inventory and current production to compute cost per unit of production.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first-in-first-out (FIFO) method keeps beginning inventory costs separate from current period costs and assumes that beginning inventory units are completed and transferred out before the units started during the current period are completed and transferred out.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is FIFO costing? In simplest terms, FIFO (first-in, first-out) costing allows you to track the cost of an item/SKU based on its cost at purchase order receipt, and apply this cost against each shipment of the item until the receipt quantity is exhausted.

Detailed explanation-5: -Equivalent units for a process costing system using the FIFO method would be equal to: a. units completed during the period, plus equivalent units in the ending work in process inventory.

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