Orion iron corporation tracks the number of units purchased and sold throughout each year but applies its inventory costing method perpetually at the time of each sale, as if it uses perpetual inventory system. assume its accounting records provided the following information at the end of the annual accounting period, december 31.
transactions units unit cost
a. inventory, beginning 300 $ 12
for the year:
b. purchase, april 11 900 10
c. purchase, june 1 800 13
d. sale, may 1 (sold for $40 per unit) 300
e. sale, july 3 (sold for $40 per unit) 600
f. operating expenses (excluding income tax expense), $19,500
calculate the cost of ending inventory and the cost of goods sold using the fifo and lifo methods.