ACCT 1220 Lecture 8: Chapter 5

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Service companies perform services as their primary source of revenue. Merchandising companies buy and sell inventory (loblaws) The time it take to go from cash to cash in producing revenues. Longer for a merchandising company for a service company. Sales revenue (from the sale of merchandise): the main source. Cost of goods sold: total cost of merchandise sold in a period. Operating expenses: incurred in the process of earning sales revenue. Beginning inventory + purchases = cost of goods available for sale. Once sold, these costs are assigned to cost of goods sold. One of two systems is used to account for inventory and cost of goods sold. Detailed records are kept for the cost of each product purchased and sold. These records are updated continuously (perpetually) for purchases and sales. A physical count is done at least once a year to adjust perpetual records to actual. This system enables the effective control of inventory an important asset.

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