ACCTG 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Perpetual Inventory, Income Statement, Retained Earnings

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Cost effective: a perpetual inventory system offers continuous computerized record of merchandise inventory. More detailed but it cost a little more. Perpetual inventory system: merchandise inventory and cost of goods sold accounts are continually updated during accounting period as purchases, sales, and other inventory transactions occur. How are sales of merchandise inventory recorded in a perpetual inventory. Systems: the amount a business earns from selling merchandise inventory is called sales. Revenue: two entries are required to record sale transactions, the rst entry records sales revenue and cash or accounts receivable, the second entry records cost of goods sold and merchandise inventory. Sales revenue - sales returns and allowances - sales discounts. How are a merchandiser"s financial statements prepared: the formats for income statements are, the single-step income statement presents revenues and expenses with no subtotals, the multi-step income statement presents revenues and expenses with subtotals to highlight signi cant relationships.

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