ACCT 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Perpetual Inventory, Consignor, Consignee

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Determining inventory quantities: whether companies use a periodic or perpetual system, physical inventory must still be counted at the end of the period: To check the accuracy of the perpetual inventory records. To determine the amount of inventory lost to shrinkage or theft. Determining ownership: need to consider ownership of goods when taking inventory, goods in transit at the end of the period make the determination of ownership more complicated: Determine who has legal title to goods in transit. Include in inventory if company has legal title: apply freight/shipping concepts from chapter 5: Fob shipping point versus fob destination: ownership of consigned goods remains with the owner (the consignor), not the holder of the goods (the consignee, goods taken home on approval by a customer are still owned by the company. Taking inventory: to ensure inventory is properly counted, companies must have a good system of internal control:

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