Summary Accounting Chapter 6 Merchandise Inventory
This is a summary of an accounting chapter about merchandise inventory. It explains the accounting principles that relate to merchandise inventory, such as conservatism, disclosure and consistency principles. Then, it shows how all four inventory costing methods (specific identification, FIFO, LIFO, weighted average cost) work through an example with tables. It also shows how to calculate gross profit, how to compute the inventory turnover and days' sales of inventory ratios. Finally, It explains the lower of cost or market rule and how the adjusting entry works.
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