ACCT 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Current Asset, Financial Statement, Cash Flow

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Inventory may perish or become obsolete if held to long and due to the physical attributes of some types of inventory, there may be great potential for theft. Under the perpetual system in addition to the generic ledger account each investing item has a separate subsidiary record showing increases, decreases and the balance of items in stock. Take the quantity on hand at the beginning of the period. Add the quantity purchased during the period. Deduct the quantity sold during the period. This equals the quantity that should be on hand at the end of the period. Perpetual": continuously updated figure of the amount that should be on hand. Shortage of inventory from account: expense it as inventory shortage". Usually only down when a figure is needed for preparation of financial statements. Lacks the parallel record keeping that gives the perpetual method its value. Beginning inventory + purchases ending inventory = inventory sold (cogs)

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