AC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Financial Statement, Write-Off

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The Valuation of Merchandise
To ensure the proper matching of expenses and revenues, decreases in the value of
inventory due to usage, damage, deterioration, obsolescence, and other factors must be
recognized in the accounting period during which the decrease occurs rather than the
period during which the merchandise sells. Inventory should never be valued at more
than its net realizable value, which equals its expected sales price minus any
associated selling expenses. For example, if a storm damages a car that cost an
automobile dealer $25,000, and if the car can now be sold for no more than $23,000.
Then the value of the car must be reported at $23,000. This decrease in the value of
inventory is recognized by debiting the loss on inventory writedown account, which is
an expense account, and by crediting inventory.
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Inventory should never be valued at more than its net realizable value, which equals its expected sales price minus any associated selling expenses. For example, if a storm damages a car that cost an automobile dealer ,000, and if the car can now be sold for no more than ,000. Then the value of the car must be reported at ,000. This decrease in the value of inventory is recognized by debiting the loss on inventory write down account, which is an expense account, and by crediting inventory. usually identified separately on financial statements. Market value generally equals the replacement cost of inventory. Items sometimes decrease in value because they become less expensive to purchase. In other words, the value of merchandise inventory. Some companies attribute inventory write downs directly to the cost of goods sold, and some companies use other expense accounts for this purpose, so write downs are not the market value drops.

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