Inventories Flashcards
It refers to the necessary, normal notal business activities of an entity.
Ordinary course of business
Held for sale in the ordinary course of business (finished goods)
Inventories
In the process of production for such sale (work in process)
Inventories
In the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process or in the rendering of services (raw materials and manufacturing supplies).
Inventories
These are goods that the seller has already shipped but the buyer has not yet received.
Goods in transit
ownership is transferred to the buyer upon shipment. Therefore, the goods in transit form part of the buyer’s inventories. The buyer records the purchase (and accounts payable) on shipment date.
FOB shipping point
ownership is transferred to the buyer only when the buyer receives the goods. Therefore, the goods in transit still form part of the seller’s inventories.
FOB destination
Sale contracts may also contain terms for shipping costs
Freight
The seller pays the freight in advance before
shipment. However, this does not mean that the seller is the one who is supposed to pay for the freight.
Freight prepaid
Freight is not yet paid upon shipment. The carrier collects shipping costs from the buyer upon delivery.
Thus, the buyer pays for the freight. However, this does not mean that the buyer is the one who is supposed to pay for the freight.
Freight collect
The seller assumes all expenses in delivering the goods to the dock next to (alongside) the carrer on which the goods are to be shipped. The buyer assumes loading and shipping costs. Title passes upon shipment to the
carrier.
FAS (free alongside)
The seller assumes all expenses until the goods are unloaded from the carrier, at which time title passes to the buyer.
Ex-ship
The buyer pays in lump sum the cost of the goods and the insurance and freight costs.
CIF (cost, insurance, and freight)
The buyer pays in lump sum the cost of the goods and the freight cost.
CF (cost and freight)
the buyer owns the goods being shipped but the seller already paid the shipping costs
FOB shipping point, freight prepaid
the seller owns the gods being shipped but the carrier will be collecting the shipping costs from the buyer.
FOB Destination, freight collect
The _____ retains control over the consigned goods til they are sold to end customers.
Consignor
Since ownership is not transferred, transfers of consigned pods between the consignor and consignee are usually recorded aly through ________
Memo entries
Freight and other incidental costs of transferring consigned goods to the consignee form part of the ______
Cost of consigned goods
Inventory financing agreements:
a. Product financing agreement
b. Pledge of Inventory
>Warehouse financing
c. Loan of inventory
a seller sells inventory to a buyer but assumes an obligation to repurchase it at a later date.
This arrangement does not result to the transfer of control over the asset. Therefore, the seller retains ownership over tie
inventory.
Product financing agreement
A borrower uses its inventory as a collateral security for a loan. This arrangement does not result to the transfer of control over the asset. Therefore the borrower retains ownership over inventory.
Pledge of inventory
under this arrangement a third party (e.g., a public warehouse) holds the inventory and acts as the creditor’s agent. The public warehouse then furnishes the creditor the warehouse receipts evidencing rights to the inventory.
Warehouse financing
an entity borrows inventory from another entity to be replaced with the same kind of inventory. This arrangement results to transfer of control over the asset.
Accordingly, the borrower includes the loaned goods in its inventory.
Loan of inventory