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Inventories: Measurement. Sid Glandon, DBA, CPA Associate Professor of Accounting. Classification. Merchandising Inventory All costs of getting merchandise ready for sale Manufacturing Inventory Raw materials Work in process Raw materials Labor Overhead Finished goods.
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Inventories: Measurement Sid Glandon, DBA, CPA Associate Professor of Accounting
Classification • Merchandising Inventory • All costs of getting merchandise ready for sale • Manufacturing Inventory • Raw materials • Work in process • Raw materials • Labor • Overhead • Finished goods
Inventory Control • Perpetual Inventory System • Merchandise inventory • Cost of goods sold • Periodic Inventory System • Purchases • Purchase returns and allowances • Purchase discounts • Freight in
Physical Goods in Inventory • Goods in transit • f.o.b. shipping point • f.o.b. destination • Consigned goods • Sales returns • Sales with buyback agreement • Sales with high rates of return
Cost of Inventory • Purchases • Purchase returns • Purchase discounts • Gross method • Record discount when payment is made • Net method • Assume discount will be taken • Record interest expense on discounts not taken • Freight-in
Cost Flow Assumptions • Specific identification • Average cost • Periodic, weighted average for period • Perpetual, moving weighted average • FIFO (first-in, first-out) • LIFO (last-in, first-out) • Periodic, based on cost flow during period • Perpetual, based on each transaction
Dollar-Value LIFO • Measured in terms of dollar value, not physical quantity of goods • All amounts are converted to base-year prices • A layer is formed when • Ending inventory exceeds beginning inventory (at base-year prices)