Accounting in merchandisingcompany periodic inventory system
Incom statement
Accounting for revenue from sales
Accounting for revenue from sales in merchnadising company whichused the periodic inventory system is basically the same as that of amerchandising company which used the perpetual inventorysystem
Accounting for cost of goods sold
Accounting for perchases of merchandise
Accounting for purchases at the gross method
Accounting for purchases withpurchases discounts
Accounting for purchases at the netmethod and control of purchasesdiscounts
Accounting for purchases returns and allowances
In periodic inventory system, it is credited purchases returnsand allowances account: this account is a contra account and isaccordingly đeucted from purchases in the incomestatement
Freight in
Accounting for freight in in merchnadising company which usedthe periodic inventory system is basically the same as that of amerchandising company which used the perpetual inventorysyste
Accounting for merchandise inventory cost of goods sold
Accounting for operating expenses
Accounting for operating expenses in merchnadising companywhich used the periodic inventory system is basically the same as thatof a merchandising company which used the perpetual inventorysystem
Income summary
End of the accounting period, income or loss is counted bypreparing the closing entries depend on whether usingincome summary account
Prepare the work sheet under periodicinventory system
The adjusting entry method
The closing entry method
Accounting in merchandisingcompany perpetual inventory system
Income statement
Accounting for revenues from sales
Gross sales
Sales returns and allowances
Sales discounts
Accounting for cost of goods sold
Net purchases and net cost of purchases
Accounting for purchases at the gross method
Accounting for purchases withpurchases discounts
Accounting for purchases at the netmethod and control of purchasesdiscounts
Accounting for purchases returns and allowances
In perpetual inventory system: purchases returns andallowances is decreased merchadise inventory and isdecreased account payable
Freight in
Freight in (transportation in) is customany forr the supplier(seller) pay transportation costs or it is customany for thepurchases to pay transportation charges on merchandise
The supplier pays the freight charges but bills the buyer byincluding them as a separate accounts item on the salesinvoice
Accounting for merchandise inventory cost of goods sold
Accounting for operating expenses
Operating expenses is the third major of theincome statement for a merchandisingconcern
include
selling expenses
general and administrative expenses
Income summary
End of the accounting period, income or loss is counted bypreparing the closing entries depend on whether usingincome summary account
The work sheet for a merchandising concern
The work sheet of a merchandising business perpetualinventory system is basically the same as that of a servicebusiness
Except that it has to deal with the new accounts
Overview
Income statement for a merchandisingconcern. It has three major parts
Revenue from sales
Cost of goods sold
Operating expenses
Operating cycle in merchandising company begins withthe purchase and to end with sales on credit or sales forcash