ADM 2342 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Executory Contract, Accounts Payable, Net Income

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Inventories represent a future benefit, which the entity has control over or access to. The inventory purchase is the transaction that gives rise to the recognition of an inventory asset. Inventory is recognized when all risks and rewards of ownership and control have passed to the purchaser. Purchased goods would be included as inventory when legal title passes. Legal title and possession are important factors: give rise to risks and rewards and signal the passing of control. F. o. b. shipping point: the legal title of an asset belongs to the buyer when the goods leave the shipping company"s dock. F. o. b. destination: legal title does not pass to the buyer until the goods reach the customer"s location. Cut-off schedule: a schedule prepared by the accountant for the end of the period to ensure that goods received from suppliers around the end of the year are recorded in the appropriate period. Cut-off procedures can be extensive and include the following controls:

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