ACC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Perpetual Inventory, Retained Earnings, Current Asset
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Some sales result in cash received at the time of sale. Terminology for these types of sales include sales on account and sales on credit. Some retailers that sell to individual customers have their own branded credit card to facilitate sales. A charge account provided by a retailer to its customers is called an open account. What is inventory for a merchandising firm? the cost of goods purchased for resale not yet sold to customers. Inventory is a current asset on the balance sheet. It is a permanent account, meaning its ending balance carries forward to the next period as its beginning balance. What is cost of goods sold? the cost of goods sold to customers. Cost of goods sold is an expense on the income statement. It is a nominal account, meaning its ending balance is closed to retained. Earnings at the end of each accounting period. Cost of goods available cost of goods sold = ending inventory.