Chapter 5: Inventory & Gross Margin Income Statement Flashcards
what is the formula on the income statement for operating income
Total Operating Revenue - Total Operating Costs = Operating Income
what is the formula for product & period costs
total operating costs = product costs + period costs
what is the purpose of product and period costs
Prepare gross margin income statement for internal & external stakeholders
what are the different types of businesses
- manufacturing
- merchandisers
- service
what is a manufacturing business
- Makes goods
- Sells the finished goods directly to consumers OR to merchandisers
- They have inventory
who are merchandisers
- Re-sellers
- Sells finished goods they buy from manufacturers to consumers
- They have inventory
what are service businesses
- Provide a service to consumers
- They don’t have inventory
- They have supplies “inventory” (includes things that directly relate to providing the service); are generally expensed as they are incurred
what is a merchandising business
A company that purchases finished goods from manufacturing businesses and re-sells them to customers at a higher price to make a profit
what is inventory
An asset account on the balance sheet that holds the cost of merchandise before it is re-sold to customers
what happens when inventory is re-sold
- When inventory is re-sold, revenue is recognized
- Need to follow the matching principle; recognizing expenses when related revenue is earned
- cost of inventory moves from the balance sheet into the income statement and becomes cost of goods sold
what is the value of inventory on the balance sheet
the cost of inventory
how do you calculate the cost of inventory
Inventory Cost = Cost of Merchandise + Merchandise Shipping & Handling Cost + Other Costs Directly Attributable to the Purchase of Merchandise - Trade Discounts or Rebates
what is cost of goods sold (cogs)
An expense in the income statement that is used to recognize the cost of inventory when it is sold to a customer
what is a perpetual inventory system
- A system which uses computer software to keep track of goods bought, sold, & on hand
- Inventory is manually counted at least once a year
how to calculate changes in inventory during a period
Beginning inventory + inventory purchases - cost of goods sold = ending inventory
Beginning inventory = what you had in the beginning (the ending inventory of the previous period)
Inventory purchases = any inventory bought
Cost of goods sold = any inventory sold
Ending inventory = the amount you have at the end of the period (becomes the beginning inventory for the next period)
how is inventory recorded
- using asset recognition criteria
- a current asset - want to sell it right away
- Control Criteria - in asset recognition criteria:
FOB shipping point
FOB destination point
what is FOB shipping point
- Title and responsibility of goods are transferred to the buyer when the goods are placed on deliver vehicle/plane/ship/etc.
- Control criteria in asset recognition is met when goods are being shipped
what is FOB destination point
- Title and responsibility of goods are transferred to the buyer when the goods are delivered to the buyer
- Control criteria in asset recognition is met when the buyer physically has the goods in their hands
what is the journal entry for when inventory ownership is transferred and paid with cash
DR inventory (A)
CR cash (A)
what is the journal entry for when ownership is transferred and paid for later
DR inventory (A)
CR A/P (L)
what is a purchase order
- A source document that represents a request to purchase goods (includes a purchase order number (to track the order), the number of units ordered, and the price per unit)
Is when a company orders inventory - No journal entry for purchase order because no transaction occurred
- When the order is shipped, the supplier will create an invoice & send it to the buyer with the payment terms
what is the journal entry for when you bought inventory before and you are now paying the supplier
DR A/P (L)
CR Cash (A)
what happens when a sale of inventory is made
- needs to be transferred from the balance sheet to the income statement
- Sale of inventory must meet rev rec criteria
- When revenue is recognized, the cost of inventory sold becomes cost of goods sold on the income statement
- Balance sheet (inventory) -> income statement (COGS)
what is the revenue recognition journal entry when inventory is sold
DR A/R or Cash (A)
CR Revenue (R)
what journal entries need to be made when inventory is sold
- revenue recognition
- expense recognition
what is the expense recognition journal entry when inventory is sold
DR cost of goods sold (E)
CR inventory (A)
what are the 3 inventory costing methods in ASPE
- specific identification method
- first-in, first-out (FIFO) method
- weighted average cost method