ACCT 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gross Profit, Operating Expense, Income Statement

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Differences between service and merchandising companies: service companies perform services as their primary source of revenue, merchandising companies buy and sell inventory (e. g. loblaws), retailers sell to consumers, wholesalers sell to retailers, manufacturers produce goods for sale to wholesalers of others. Operating cycle: the time it takes to go from cash to cash in producing revenues, longer for a merchandising company that for a service company, merchandise must first be purchased before it can be sold, adds an additional step to the cycle. Purchases of merchandise: purchases are recorded in the inventory account, includes all costs to get merchandise to place of business and ready for resale, includes freight and applicable taxes, less purchase returns, allowances, discounts, credit purchases are supported by a purchase invoice. Ownership of the goods does not pass from the seller to the buyer until the goods are received by the buyer (i. e. destination point)

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