ACCT 2220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Perpetual Inventory, Walmart, Gross Margin

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Service companies perform services as their primary source of revenue (ex: accounting firm, law office) Merchandising companies buy and sell merchandise (ex: wal-mart) Revenue: sales revenue (ex: from the sales of merchandise), other revenue (ex: interest, rent) Expenses are divided into categories: cost of goods sold, operating expenses and income tax expense. Merchandising companies may use either (or both) of the fallowing inventory systems to determine their cost of goods sold and ending inventory: perpetual or periodic. Inventory is updated constantly for purchases and sales. A physical count is done at least once a year to adjust perpetual records to actual. This system enables the effective control inventory, which is an important asset. This type of inventory system does not keep an updated record of all goods bought, sold and on hand. Cost of goods sold is only determined at the end of the accounting period once inventory is counted.

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