ADM 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Perpetual Inventory, Accounts Receivable, Income Statement
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Prepare entries for purchases and sales under a perpetual inventory system. Prepare entries for purchases and sales under a periodic inventory system. Prepare a single-step and a multiple-step income statement. Merchandising involves purchasing products (inventory) to resell to customers. A merchandising company keeps track of its inventory to determine what is available for sale (inventory) and what has been sold (cost of goods sold). Two systems to account for inventory: perpetual, periodic. Recording purchases of merchandise: purchases, sales taxes. Do not form part of the cost of the merchandise: freight costs. Costs of transporting the goods to the buyer"s place of business. Freight terms state who pays the freight charges. Fob shipping point: journal entry for the buyer. No journal entry for the seller: purchase returns and allowances. Purchase return: the buyer returns the goods to the seller and receives a cash refund or credit. Purchase allowance: the seller gives an allowance (deduction) from the purchase price.