Financial Accounting Week 4 Problem Sets Part 1 You own Widgets ‘R Us and are preparing your year-end financial statements: What inventory accounting method do you use and why (FIFO, LIFO, or Weighted-Average)? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

Financial Accounting

Week 4 Problem Sets

Part 1

1. You own Widgets ‘R Us and are preparing your year-end financial statements: What inventory accounting method do you use and why (FIFO, LIFO, or Weighted-Average)? What are its advantages and disadvantages?
2. You own Widgets ‘R Us and are preparing your year-end financial statements: What activities should you perform to correctly account for your inventory at year-end?
3. You own Widgets ‘R Us and are preparing your year-end financial statements: Why is it important to track inventory? What does this information tell you about your business?

Part 2

• Exercise 5-1A
• Exercise 5-2A
• Exercise 5-3A
• Exercise 5-4A
• Exercise 5-5A