ACCT 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Earnings Before Interest And Taxes, Comprehensive Income, Operating Expense

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Merchandising companies that purchase and sell directly to consumers. Merchandising companies - companies that buy and sell merchandise rather than perform. Wholesalers - merchandising companies that sell to retailers. Sales revenue/sales - the primary source of revenue for merchandising companies is the. Cost of goods sold - total cost of merchandise sold during the period. The operating cycle of a merchandising company ordinarily is longer than that of a service company. the purchase of inventory and its eventual sale lengthen the cycle. Companies use one of two systems to account for inventory: a . Perpetual inventory system - companies maintain detailed records of the cost of each inventory purchase and sale. each time a sale occurs . Even under perpetual inventory systems, companies perform physical inventory counts. this is done as a control procedure to verify inventory levels, in order to detect theft or shrinkage. Periodic inventory system - companies do not keep detailed inventory records of the.

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