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Concept Self-check

14 August, 2015 - 17:32
  1. How does the income statement prepared for a company that sells goods differ from that prepared for a service business?
  2. How is gross profit calculated? What relationships do the gross profit and gross profit percentage calculations express? Explain, using an example.
  3. What is a perpetual inventory system?
  4. How is the purchase of merchandize inventory on credit recorded in a perpetual system?
  5. How is a purchase return recorded in a perpetual system?
  6. What does the credit term of “1/15, n30” mean?
  7. How is a purchase discount recorded in a perpetual system?
  8. How is the sale of merchandize inventory on credit recorded in a perpetual system?
  9. How is a sales return recorded in a perpetual system?
  10. What is a sales discount and how is it recorded in a perpetual inventory system?
  11. Why does merchandize inventory need to be adjusted at the end of the accounting period and how is this done in a perpetual inventory system?
  12. What types of transactions affect merchandize inventory in a perpetual inventory system?
  13. How are the closing entries for a merchandizer using a perpetual inventory system different than for a service company?
  14. When reporting expenses on multi-step income statement, how is the function of an expense reported? The nature of an expense?
  15. On a classified multiple-step income statement, what is reported under the heading ‘Other revenues and expenses’ and why?
  16. (Appendix) Compare the perpetual and periodic inventory systems. What are some advantages of each?
  17. (Appendix) What contra accounts are used in conjunction with purchases using the periodic inventory system?
  18. (Appendix) How is cost of goods available for sale calculated using the periodic inventory system?
  19. (Appendix) How is cost of goods sold calculated using the periodic inventory system?
  20. (Appendix) Explain how ending inventory is recorded in the accounts of a business that sells goods using a periodic inventory system.