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- April 12, 2013 at 1:02 am #122211
Sir, my question is related to FIFO costing. FIFO is very easy to understand under trading concern.
But i have problems under manufacturing concern. My understanding is that under manufacturing concern FIFO means that Goods manufatured first are sold first.
But if we made cost of goods manufactured statement like this :-
Opening Raw material
Add: purchases
Less:closing raw material
Equals raw material consumedAdd: opening Work in process
Less:closing Work in process
Equals cost of goods manufacturedAdd opening Finished Goods
Less closing Finished Goods
Equals cost of goods soldMy question is that if FIFO costing is in operation then whether we apply FIFO only on finished goods stage, that is Goods manufatured first are sold first
OR
we should also apply it at work in process (just like as we do in process costing) stage and raw material stage (earliest purchased raw material is taken to the process earlier)April 12, 2013 at 5:14 pm #122272I am puzzled why you have asked this in the F5 forum, because there is no way it would be relevant in the F5 exam.
However, if a company chooses to use FIFO then they would normally apply the FIFO principles to all inventories (whether finished goods, raw materials, or work-in-progress).
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