Haymitch Global Industries is a world leading producer of loudspeakers and other electronics products, which are sold under brand names like JRH, Excelsior, and Haymitch/Krug. The company reported the following amounts in its financial statements (in millions):

2013

2012

  Net Sales

$

4,900

$

4,960

  Cost of Goods Sold

3,800

3,550

  Beginning Inventory

   480

   400

  Ending Inventory

   590

   480

 Required:

1.

Determine the inventory turnover ratio and average days to sell inventory for 2013 and 2012. (Use 365 days in a year. Round your intermediate and final answers to 1 decimal place.)

 Gladstone Company tracks the number of units purchased and sold throughout each accounting period but applies its inventory costing method at the end of each period, as if it uses a periodic inventory system. Assume its accounting records provided the following information at the end of the annual accounting period, December 31.

 Transactions

  Units

Unit Cost

  Beginning inventory, January 1

1,500

$

60

  Transactions during the year:

  a.

Purchase, January 30

2,600

72

  b.

Sale, March 14 ($100 each)

(1,150

)

  c.

Purchase, May 1

1,300

90

  d.

Sale, August 31 ($100 each)

(1,600

)

 Assuming that for Specific identification method (item 1d) the March 14 sale was selected two-fifths from the beginning inventory and three-fifths from the purchase of January 30. Assume that the sale of August 31 was selected from the remainder of the beginning inventory, with the balance from the purchase of May 1.

 Required:

1.

Compute the amount of goods available for sale, ending inventory, and cost of goods sold at December 31 under each of the following inventory costing methods: (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

 2-a.

Of the four methods, which will result in the highest gross profit?

 2-b.

Of the four methods, which will result in the lowest income taxes?