ACC 311 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Perpetual Inventory, Consignee, Consignor

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3 inventory accounts: raw materials, work in process, finished goods. Continuously tracks changes in the inventory account. Records all purchases and sales of goods in inventory account as they occur. Purchases of merchandise/raw materials, freight in and purchase returns and allowances/discounts: Cogs recorded at time of each sale. Company determines quantity of inventory on hand only periodically. Records acquisitions of inventory during period by debiting purchased. Then, adds total in purchases account at end of period to cost of inventory on hand at beginning of period determines total cost of goods available for sale. Take physical inventory at least once a year. Doesn"t use inventory over and short account (perpetual does) because this method doesn"t have accounting records against which to compare the physical count buries inventory overages and shortages in cogs. For companies that can"t afford a complete perpetual system, but need current info regarding their inventory levels: Provides detailed inventory records of increases and decreases in quantities only.

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