ACCTG 211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cash Cash, Accounts Payable, Purchase Order

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Chapter 5 the purchase and sale of inventory. The operating cycle for a merchandising firm is a series of business activities that describe how a company takes cash and turns it into more cash. Cash inventory sale accounts receivable. All goods owned and held for sale in the regular course of business are considered merchandise inventory. Supplies and equipment are used by most firms rather than sold by them, and therefore not considered inventory. Only the items a firm sells are considered inventory. A merchandising firm reports the inventory as a current asset until it is sold. According to the matching principle, inventory should be expensed in the period in which it is sold. So when it is sold, inventory becomes an expense cost of goods sold. The value of inventory affects both the balance sheet and the income statement. The process of acquiring inventory begins when someone in a firm decides to order merchandise for the inventory.

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