Question

Rachel Warren, an auditor with Laplante CPAs, is performing a review of Schuda Company’s inventory account. Schuda Company did not have a good year, and top management is under pressure to boost reported income. According to its records, the inventory balance at year-end was $740,000. However, the following information was not considered when determining that amount.

Prepare a schedule to determine the correct inventory amount. (If an amount reduces the account balance then enter with a negative sign preceding the number , e.g. -15,000, or parenthesis e.g. (15,000). Enter 0 if there is no effect.)

Ending inventory-as reported

$enter a dollar amount

1. Included in the company’s count were goods with a cost of $250,000 that the company is holding on consignment. The goods belong to Harmon Corporation.

enter a dollar amount

2. The physical count did not include goods purchased by Schuda Company with a cost of $40,000 that were shipped FOB destination on December 28 and did not arrive at Schuda Company's warehouse until January 3.

enter a dollar amount

3. Included in the inventory account was $14,000 of office supplies that were stored in the warehouse and were to be used by the company’s supervisors and managers during the coming year.

enter a dollar amount

4. The company received an order on December 29 that was boxed and sitting on the loading dock awaiting pick-up on December 31. The shipper picked up the goods on January 1 and delivered them on January 6. The shipping terms were FOB shipping point. The goods had a selling price of $40,000 and a cost of $28,000. The goods were not included in the count because they were sitting on the dock.

enter a dollar amount

5. Excluded from inventory was an FOB shipping point sale to Reza Corporation made on December 29, for goods with a selling price of $80,000 and a cost of $60,000. The goods arrived on January 3. Reza had only ordered goods with a selling price of $10,000 and a cost of $8,000. However, a sales manager at Schuda Company had authorized the shipment and said that if Reza wanted to ship the goods back next week, it could.

enter a dollar amount

6. Included in the count was $40,000 of goods that were parts for a machine that the company no longer made. Given the high-tech nature of Schuda Company’s products, it was unlikely that these obsolete parts had any other use. However, management would prefer to keep them on the books at cost, “since that is what we paid for them, after all.” enter a dollar amount

Answer 1

Ending inventory-as reported	740000
1	-250000	Not to be included
2	0	Correctly not included as FOB Destination
3	-14000	Not to be included
4	28000	To be included
5	52000	To be included (60000-8000)
6	-40000	Not to be included
Correct inventory	516000