The purchases method differs from the consumption method.
The Boyd School District began a recent fiscal year with $3,000 of supplies in stock. During its fiscal year, it engaged in the following transactions relating to supplies:
It purchased supplies at a cost of $22,000.
It paid for $19,000 of the supplies.
It used $20,000 of the supplies and therefore had $5,000 in supplies inventory at year‐end.
Record the transactions assuming that the district uses the purchases method.
Record the transactions assuming that the district uses the consumption method.