Reference no: EM132643352

ABC Co. is having its inventory cut off on December 31, 20x1. The following information is gathered for this purpose:

a) the inventory count sheet shows total inventory of P180,000

b) The count includes inventory amounting to P30,000 received from XYZ, Inc. under a consignment arrangement

c) The freight cost of inventory referred to in (b) above is P1,000. ABC Co. paid for this cost and recorded it as a debit to a receivable account.

d) The inventory count does not include inventory costing P18,000 sent out to DEF Co., under a consignment arrangement. Only half of this inventory was sold to third parties as of December 31, 20x1.

e) The freight cost of delivering the inventory referred to in (d) above to DEF Co. is P2,000. ABC Co. recorded this cost as expense

Requirement:

Problem 1: Compute for the correct balance of inventory as of December 31, 20x1.