4. Example
1. A vintner processes grapes harvested from its vineyards into wine in a three-year
production cycle.
From the point of harvest until the bottled wine is derecognised by the vintner, the
grapes are inventory. They are material in the process of production for sale.
Up to the point of harvest the vintner’s grapes are not inventory—they are
biological assets accounted for in accordance with paragraph 34.2.
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MPERS 34
Biological asset
MPERS 13
Inventories
MPERS 13
Inventories
11. Case study – Cost of conversion
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The financial accounting records are used to determine
the overhead cost, and this is applied as a percentage
based on the direct labour cost.
15. Cost formula
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FIFO
First in first out (FIFO)
assumes that the items of
inventory that were
purchased or produced
first are sold first, and
consequently the items
remaining in inventory at the
end of the period are those
most recently purchased or
produced.
16. Cost formula
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Weighted average
Weighted Average means the
cost of each item is determined
from the weighted average of the
cost of similar items at the
beginning of a period and the
cost of similar items purchased
or produced during the period.