MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING REPORTS

1. MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING REPORTS Baginski & Hassell

2. Chapter 9 PREPARING FOR SALES Building Up Inventory; Establishing Credit Policies

3. PREPARING FOR SALESAcquiring Inventory and Establishing Credit Policies • Purchasing inventory (merchandising firms) • Manufacturing inventory (manufacturing firms) • Accounting for inventory: • Accounts payable to vendors (financing inventory). • Sales of inventory. • Accounts receivable from customers (financing sales). • Costing inventory remainders.

4. Inventory Concerns Firms buy/manufacture inventory as the critical part of strategic plans to obtain revenues,but ... • Storage costs are high. • Sales are lost to competitors due to shortages. • Management strategy to decide on the best mix of inventory to maximize sales. • Important factors: overall sales strategy, target customers, distribution channels, pricing, credit policy.

5. Basic Contrast • Merchandising firms purchase completed inventory units for markup and sale. • Manufacturing firms purchase raw materials and incur conversion costs (direct labor and factory overhead).

6. Inventory Acquisition Cost In theory, all costs of acquiring inventory should be reflected in the inventory asset. • Purchase invoice cost. • Transportation-in. • Miscellaneous costs (e.g., insurance and taxes--according to some theorists).

7. Merchandising firms Theoretically, all costs of acquiring inventory should be capitalized as inventory cost • Purchase cost • Transportation cost • Other costs of acquisition: e.g., insurance, taxes, etc.

8. Manufacturing Cost The Three Elements of • Direct materials (purchase cost of raw materials and freight-in, which become physical components of the product). • Direct Labor (salaries and wages of those who physically process the product). • Factory overhead (FOH): All costs incurred in factory operations, other than DL and FOH.

9. Purchase of Inventory (or Raw Materials) on Credit • Financing a purchase with an account payable is like an interest free loan. • Purchase returns and allowances reduce the net cost of acquisition. • Purchase returns indicate items rejected or unneeded for some reason, whereas Purchase allowances indicate some revision in initial cost or billings.

10. Purchase Discounts(e.g., 2/10, n/30) Purchase discounts ... • Encourage early payment. • Reduce the net cost of inventory. • Create significant savings (a missed purchase discount of just 2% to pay 20 days earlier than a due date equates to suffering a 36% interest rate)!

11. Computation of Net Purchases(in the Income Statement) • Costs of Goods Sold disclosures: • Purchases • Less: Purchase discounts taken • Less: Purchase returns and allowances The exact location of subtotals in the format is a matter of preference.

12. FAQ? What happens if a firm presumes that the purchase discounts will be taken, but misses the deadline? The check will be for the gross amount billed and a Purchases Discounts Lost account develops, which is an excellent managerial aid since any balance this account indicates problems.

14. Determining Inventory Cost • Two systems are used to track inventory costs:periodic* and perpetual. • In either system physical counts of inventory often occur at year-end (or in cycles) to add confidence in ending inventory records. *The text examples use the periodic system to simplify the computations.

15. FAQ? Two companies are contrasted in the following display of the Cost of Goods Sold section of an Income Statement. Which company is in manufacturing (and what do the abbreviations mean)?

16. Cost of Goods Sold (Income Statement Displays)

17. Costing Inventory Remainders at Fiscal Period End Costs to be consistently assigned to ending inventory is a function of the cost flow assumptions used for homogeneous items: • FIFO • LIFO • AVERAGES • average cost figured periodically • weighted (moving) average (perpetual data)

18. FAQ? What about non-homogeneous items? The presumption is that uniqueitems would be such that the specific identification method would apply (e.g., artworks, cars, antiques, race horses). Individual tagging of items, if practical!

19. Basic Cost Flow Assumptions • FIFO (first-in, first-out):Units sold are assumed to be first units purchased (ending inventory = costs of the last purchases). • LIFO (last-in, first-out):Units sold are assumed to be last units purchased (ending inventory = cost of the first units purchased). • Average (periodic):Unit cost = [cost of beginning inventory + cost of purchases] divided by the total units involved; thus, ending inventory = unit cost × units on hand!

20. Inflationary Trends Mean ... • FIFO: Ending inventory is costed using nearest-to-year-end replacement costs. • Old [lower] costs were matched to sales, which produces a “higher” reported gross profit. • LIFO: Ending inventory is costed using nearest-to-year-start (oldest) costs. • New [higher] costs were matched to sales, which produces a “lower” reported gross profit. [Opposite results are reported during deflationary times.]

21. FAQs? Is LIFO common in international business? Is LIFO, which is acceptable per GAAP, also OK for income tax purposes? No. The U.S. is the only major country to allow LIFO. As to taxes, if LIFO is used for financial reporting purposes, the IRS requires that it be used for tax purposes!

22. Example: Compute the Cost of Ending Inventory (Remainders) • Facts: Cannan Co. had beginning inventory of 14,000 units purchased at $6 per unit, for a total opening cost of $84,000. Annual inventory activity follows:

23. Transactions ...

25. Cost of Good Available for Sale? • Solution: • 47,000 units were available during the period (14,000 beginning inventory + 33,000 purchased) • 38,000 units were sold • 9,000 units were in ending inventory • Cost of goods available for sale = $84,000 of beginning inventory + purchases of $ 258,000 = $ 342,000.

26. LIFO Assumption • Ending Inventory = $54,000 The cost of the first 9,000 units purchased: 9,000 beginning inventory × $6 • Cost of Goods Sold = $288,000 Details: (8,000 × $8.50) + ($15,000 × $8) + (10,000 × $7) + (5,000 × $6) • Check: $54,000 + $288,000 = $342,000, the cost of goods available for sale

27. FIFO Assumption • Ending Inventory = $76,000 The cost of the last 9,000 units purchased: (8,000 × $8.50) + (1,000 × $8) • Cost of Goods Sold = $266,000 Details: (14,000 × $6) + (10,000 × $7) + (14,000 × $8) • Check: $76,000 + $266,000 = $342,000, the cost of goods available for sale

28. Periodic Averaging • Average Cost = $7.2766 $342,000 cost of goods available for sale 47,000 units available for sale • Ending Inventory= $65,489 9,000 units × $7.2766 • Cost of Goods Sold = $276,511 38,000 units × $7.2766 • Check: $65,489 + $276,511 = $342,000, the cost of goods available for sale

29. Weighted Moving Average Cost An excellent alternative provides a perpetual reading of the cost of inventory on hand. After every purchase, a new average is calculated (based on the prior balance plus the purchased items). Any items sold are issued at the then-current average cost.

30. Comparative Results During Inflation

31. Comparative Results During Inflation (1) In a period of rising prices, LIFO has the smallest ending inventory and FIFO the largest. (2) In a period of rising prices, LIFO has the largest cost of goods sold and FIFO the smallest. (3) In a period of rising prices, FIFO has the largest gross profit and LIFO has the smallest.

32. Dollar Value LIFO 2004: 300,000 × 1.00 = 300,000 2005: 300,000 + (110,000 × 1.10) = 421,000 2006: 300,000 + (100,000 × 1.10) = 410,000

33. Balance Sheet Presentation Using an LCM Adjustment! • Inventory is often reported at the lower of cost or market (LCM) to be conservative: • Costis initially determined by an inventory cost method (specific identification, LIFO, FIFO, Average) • Market:Current replacement cost, subject to the following constraints:

34. Market cannot be more than a ceilingamount, net realizable value (NRV). NRV: Sales price minus cost to complete and dispose of the item. • Market cannot be lower than a flooramount: NRV minus a NPM. Using NPM, a normal profit margin, is theoretically sound; it means that no profit is recognized until a sale is made!

35. Example: Balance Sheet Presentation of Inventory Determine market value to be used in lower of cost or market computation based on the following assumed data.

37. (1) Ceiling = NRV (2) R.C. = Current replacement cost (3) Floor = NRV – NPM (4) Designated market used for computing LCM by comparing market to cost.

38. Determining Lower of Cost or Market

39. Decision to Extend Credit • Companies decide to extend credit because management believes it may increase sales/profits, but ... • Extending credit exposes a company to bad debts. • GAAP requires that potential bad debts be estimated and reported (accrued): • Two basic alternative methods: • percent of sales (income statement oriented) • aging or similar technique (balance sheet oriented)

40. Sales Discounts(e.g., 2/10, n/30) • Cash (sales) discounts are used to encourage customers to pay in a prompt and timely fashion! • The net method records sales and accounts receivable net of any proffered cash discounts • This is the theoretically preferred method. • The net method is conservative, but is uncommon in practice.

41. Example: Sales on Account • A company sells inventory with a cost of $150,000 for $240,000, with terms 2/10, net 30: • Customer is offered a 2% cash discount if paid within 10 days. • Sales and account receivable recorded at $235,200 ($240,000 × 98%) • If sales discount is not taken, the $4,800 would be considered interest income.

42. Sales Returns • AnySales Returnsby customersreduce accounts receivable and are a part of the calculation of net sales. • AnAllowance for Estimated Sales Returns should appear on theBalance Sheet as a contra asset. (Rare in practice!)

43. Bad Debts The “direct write-off” method: No bad debt is recognized until a specific customer’s account is identified for a write-off. Unacceptable under GAAP!

44. Examples: Bad Debts Expense • “Percent of credit sales” method • The Spivey Co. believes that 4% of credit sales will never be collected; Spivey recorded $20,000,000 in credit sales during the year. • Spivey records $800,000 in bad debts expense! • Annual bad debts expense is the expectation of uncollectible credit sales

45. “Aging” (or similar) method • The Landers Co. uses the aging method. At year end, an aged analysis indicates that $150,000 is a likely amount of uncollectible receivables. • The current balance in the allowance for uncollectible accounts is $25,000 (credit). • Landers increases the allowance by $125,000, from $25,000 to $150,000. • Focus is on the valuation of the asset

46. Using Accounts Receivableto Increase Liquidity(Borrowing Against Receivables or Selling Receivables) Borrowing using accounts receivable as collateral • Specific assignment (specific receivables are designated as collateral) • General assignment (all receivables are designated as collateral)

47. Selling accounts receivable to a Factor (Factoring): • With recourse: If the receivables are not collected, the factor can look to the seller company for payment. • Without recourse: If the receivables are not collected, the factor cannot look to the seller company for payment.

48. Short-Term Trade Notes Receivable If accepted in return for sale of inventory, the notes receivable are designated as Notes Receivable - Trade in the Balance Sheet. • Record at face value. • Accrue interest revenue separately. • The SCF reflects cash flows from trade notes receivable under Operating Activities.

49. Statement of Cash Flows: Indirect Method • The cash flows from selling inventory to customers are Operating Activities, but • The SCF using an indirect method is used by many publicly traded companies. • The indirect method starts with net income then adjusts for certain items to reconcile to cash flow from operating activities

50. Categories of reconciling items in indirect method for SCF: • Noncash expenses and revenues. • Non-operational gain and losses. • Operational balance sheet accounts for which cash basis accounting and accrual basis accounting give differing results.