ACC 231 Study Guide - Final Guide: Issued Shares, Financial Statement, Financial Analysis

143 views6 pages
School
Department
Course
Professor
ACC 231
Review and Practice
Review content:
Recording a transaction:
•A T-Account is a way to keep track of the activity and balance in an account.
When do we record revenues/expenses under accrual based accounting?
•Revenue recognition principle-Revenues recognized when earned ( provide a good or service).
Cash may or may not have changed hands.
•Matching principle-match costs in the period they are incurred to produce revenue. (match
revenues with the costs that help generate them)
Recording inventory examples:
1.A merchandiser purchases goods from a supplier
•Purchasing inventory on credit or using cash
DR Inventory $XX
CR Accounts Payable or Cash $XX
2.What if the merchandiser returns some or all of the goods to the supplier?
•We would reverse the entry above for the appropriate amount.
DR Accounts Payable or Cash $XX
CR Inventory $XX
A merchandiser sells goods to a customer
Cash Sales
•Record Revenue
DR Cash $XX
CR Sales Revenue $XX
•Match the cost of the inventory with the revenue it generated and record the outflow of
inventory.
DR Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) $XX
CR Inventory $XX
Credit Sales
•Record Revenue
Unlock document

This preview shows pages 1-2 of the document.
Unlock all 6 pages and 3 million more documents.

Already have an account? Log in
DR Accounts Receivable $XX
CR Sales Revenue $XX
•Match the cost of the inventory with the revenue it generated and record the outflow of
inventory.
DR Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) $XX
CR Inventory $XX
Inventory costing methods:
•First-in First-out-The costs of the earliest inventory items are moved to cost of goods sold.
Know how to Calculate COGS and Ending Inventory.
•Last-in First-out-(Only in the U.S.) The costs of the most recent inventory purchase are moved
to costs of goods sold. Know concept.
What is lower cost of market value?
•We may have to impair inventory if the cost we paid for the inventory is higher than the
market value (or replacement costs) of inventory.
•We won’t cover how market value is determined in this class, so the value will be given in the
problem
•If market value is lower than cost then we must write down inventory to market value. The
amount we write down inventory by is the difference between cost and market or
•Cost – Market=Write down
What is inventory shrinkage?
•If an inventory count is done, and the inventory value recorded during the counts is different
than what is on our financial statements, we need to correct the value of inventory.
•If the value of the count is lower than the value of Inventory on the Balance Sheet
DR COGS $XX
CR Inventory $XX
What is the Gross Profit % Method?
Know concept and given Sales and GP% what is GP or COGS
•An inventory costing method to estimate the value of inventory.
•Companies estimate their average gross profit percentage(GP%) or Gross Profit/Sales.
Unlock document

This preview shows pages 1-2 of the document.
Unlock all 6 pages and 3 million more documents.

Already have an account? Log in

Document Summary

Recording a transaction: a t-account is a way to keep track of the activity and balance in an account. When do we record revenues/expenses under accrual based accounting: revenue recognition principle-revenues recognized when earned ( provide a good or service). Cash may or may not have changed hands: matching principle-match costs in the period they are incurred to produce revenue. (match revenues with the costs that help generate them) 1. a merchandiser purchases goods from a supplier: purchasing inventory on credit or using cash. 2. what if the merchandiser returns some or all of the goods to the supplier: we would reverse the entry above for the appropriate amount. Cr sales revenue : match the cost of the inventory with the revenue it generated and record the outflow of inventory. Inventory costing methods: first-in first-out-the costs of the earliest inventory items are moved to cost of goods sold.

Get access

Grade+
$40 USD/m
Billed monthly
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
10 Verified Answers

Related Documents

Related Questions