ACCT 1220 Midterm: Accounting notes

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Differences between services and merchandising companies: service companies perform services as their primary source of revenue, mer(cid:272)ha(cid:374)disi(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ies (cid:271)uy a(cid:374)d sell i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tory (cid:894)lo(cid:271)la(cid:449)"s(cid:895) Operating cycle: the time it takes to go from cash to cash in producing revenues. Longer for a merchandising company that for a service company: Merchandise must first be purchased before it can be sold. Inventory systems: flow of costs for a merchandising company: Beginning inventory + purchases = cogs available for sale. Once sold, these costs are assigned to cogs. Goods left over are ending inventory: one of two systems is used to account for inventory and cogs. Periodic system: detailed records of merchandise are not kept throughout the period, cogs is only determined at the end of the accounting period once inventory is counted. Cogs = beginning inventory + cost of purchases less ending inventory. Purchase of merchandise: purchases are recorded in the merchandise inventory account.

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