Ias2 Inventories
1. **Stating the problem:**
Identify which list of items may be included in the value of inventories of finished goods according to IAS 2 Inventories.
2. **IAS 2 key points:**
- Inventories include assets held for sale, in production, or materials to be consumed.
- Costs included are purchase costs, conversion costs, and other costs to bring inventories to present location and condition.
- Costs excluded are selling costs (e.g., carriage outwards), storage costs (unless necessary in production), and administrative overheads not related to bringing inventories to saleable condition.
3. **Analyze each item:**
- Supervisor's wages: part of production overhead, included.
- Carriage inwards: cost to bring materials, included.
- Carriage outwards: selling cost, excluded.
- Raw materials: included.
- Costs of storage of finished goods: generally excluded unless necessary for production.
- Plant depreciation: included if related to production.
4. **Evaluate each option:**
- Option 1: Supervisor's wages (included), carriage inwards (included), carriage outwards (excluded), raw materials (included) → carriage outwards excluded → no.
- Option 2: Raw materials (included), carriage inwards (included), costs of storage of finished goods (excluded), plant depreciation (included) → storage costs excluded → no.
- Option 3: Plant depreciation (included), carriage inwards (included), raw materials (included), Supervisor's wages (included) → all included → yes.
- Option 4: Carriage outwards (excluded), raw materials (included), Supervisor's wages (included), plant depreciation (included) → carriage outwards excluded → no.
5. **Final answer:**
The correct list is option 3: Plant depreciation, carriage inwards, raw materials, Supervisor's wages.