ACC 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Income Statement

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Returns and Allowances Accounts
Some businesses, such as large department stores, want detailed information about returns
and allowances. They want to know what proportion of their sales was returned by their
customers. They also want to know what proportion of their purchases they returned to their
suppliers. Businesses that require this specialized information accumulate it in special returns
and allowances accounts.
Purchases Returns and Allowances Accounts
The concept is exactly the same for purchases returns and allowances.
Returns and Allowances on the Income Statement
Both sales returns and allowances and purchases returns and allowances appear on the
income statements of companies that use them. They are treated as deductions from sales and
from purchases, respectively. Their inclusion on the statement makes the statement slightly
more difficult to prepare.
Revised Cost of Goods Sold Formula
To handle all types of business situations, the cost of goods formula is changed slightly. The
revised formula of the net cost of merchandise purchased. This takes into account the
likelihood that there will be come returns and allowances during the period.
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Some businesses, such as large department stores, want detailed information about returns and allowances. They want to know what proportion of their sales was returned by their customers. They also want to know what proportion of their purchases they returned to their suppliers. Businesses that require this specialized information accumulate it in special returns and allowances accounts. The concept is exactly the same for purchases returns and allowances. Both sales returns and allowances and purchases returns and allowances appear on the income statements of companies that use them. They are treated as deductions from sales and from purchases, respectively. Their inclusion on the statement makes the statement slightly more difficult to prepare. To handle all types of business situations, the cost of goods formula is changed slightly. The revised formula of the net cost of merchandise purchased.

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