Accounting 6 – Flashcards

Inventory shortage is recorded when

The cost of merchandise inventory is limited to the purchase price less any purchase discounts.

Which one of the following is not a difference between a retail business and a service business?

In the periodic inventory system, purchases of merchandise for resale are debited to the Purchases account.

A sale of $750 on account, subject to a sales tax of 6%, would be recorded as an account receivable of $750.

Dorman Co. sold merchandise to Smith Co. on account, $23,500, terms 2/15, net 45. The cost of the merchandise sold is $16,000. Dorman Co. issued a credit memo for $1,750 for merchandise returned that originally cost $1,400. The Smith Co. paid the invoice within the discount period. What is amount of net sales from the above transactions?

Taking advantage of a 2/10, n/30 purchases discount is equal to a savings yearly rate of approximately

Using the following information, what is the amount of net sales?

A company using the periodic inventory system has the following account balances: Merchandise Inventory at the beginning of the year, $3,600; Freight-In, $650; Purchases, $10,700; Purchases Returns and Allowances, $1,950; Purchases Discounts, $330. The cost of merchandise purchased is equal to

If the physical count of the inventory revealed $158,000 of merchandise on hand and the inventory records reported $163,000, what would be the necessary adjusting entry to record inventory shortage?