ACCT 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Current Liability, General Ledger, Income Statement

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Accounting for a merchandising business | lecture 4. Operating cycle for a merchandiser: cash purchases of merchandise, inventory for sale to, credit sales to, accounts receivable to, cash. Purchases with returns and allowances: purchase returns: merchandise a buyer acquires but then returns to the seller, purchase allowances: reduction in the cost of defective or unacceptable merchandise that a buyer acquires. Adjusting entries for merchandisers: shrinkage: loss of inventory; computed by comparing physical count of inventory with recorded amounts, sales refund payable: current liability reflecting the amount expected to be refunded to customers. Inventory returns estimated: current asset reflecting the inventory estimated to be returned. + financial management: single-step income statement: lists cost of goods sold as another expense + shows only one subtotal for total expenses. Inventory systems: perpetual method: continuously updates balance of the merchandise inventory account, periodic method: updates balance of merchandise inventory account at the end of the accounting period by taking a physical count.

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