Question

Bay City uses the purchases method to account for supplies. At the beginning of the year the city had no supplies on hand. During the year the city purchased $600,000 of supplies for use by activities accounted for in the general fund. The city used $400,000 of those supplies during the year. Assuming that the city maintains its books and records in a manner that facilitates the preparation of its fund financial statements, at fiscal year-end the appropriate account balances related to supplies expenditures and supplies inventory would be Expenditures $600,000; Supplies inventory $200,000 Expenditures $600,000; Supplies inventory $0 Expenditures $400,000; Supplies inventory $200,000 Expenditures $400,000; Supplies inventory $0

Answer 1

Expenditures $600,000; Supplies inventory $200,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Expenditures $600,000; Supplies inventory $200,000

Purchased supplies for use - Part of the supplies used.

$600,000-$400,000=$200,000

If at the beginning of the year the city had no supplies on hand in which it purchased $600,000 of supplies for use by activities accounted for in the general fund that means city used $400,000 out of the $600,000 of those supplies during the year in which the balance left of those supplies is $200,000 which will be the supplies inventory while the Purchased supplies for use of $600,000 will be the expenditure .