ACG-2021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Income Statement, Profit Margin, Perpetual Inventory

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15 Feb 2017
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Merchandising operations: the primary source of revenues is referred to as sales revenue or sales, cost of goods sold is the total cost of merchandise sold during the period, operating cycles. The operating cycle of a merchandising company ordinarily is longer than that of a service company: flow of costs. Companies use either a perpetual inventory system of a periodic inventory system to account for inventory. Do not keep detailed records of the goods on hand. Cost of goods sold determined by count at the end of the accounting period. Maintain detailed records of the cost of each inventory purchase and sale. Records continuously show inventory that should be on hand for every item. Company determines cost of goods sold each time a sale occurs. Shows the quantity and cost of the inventory that should be on hand at any time. Provides better control over inventories than a periodic system. Traditionally used for merchandise with high unit values.

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