10: Inventory Flashcards
(206 cards)
Inventory:
Ownership of goods
Determination of which items are to be included in inventory
Inventory is defined as tangible personal property…3 possibilities
1 held for sale in ordinary course of business
2 In process of production for sale
3 to be used currently in production of items for sale
Inventory:
Ownership of goods takes into account items such as…2
1 Shipping terms
2 Consignments.
Inventory:
Cost is the determination of…
Ex.
Which costs are being assigned to inventory
Ex. Freight and overhead, product costs vs. Period costs
Inventory:
Cost flow assumptions are the determination of…
Costs assigned to COGS and inventory under various cost
Flow methods
Such as FIFO and LIFO
Inventory:
Valuation is the determination of…
How and when inventories should reflect their market values
Using rules such as LCM
The primary basis of accounting for inventories is…
2) which includes…
Cost
2) the cash of FMV of consideration given in exchange for it
Inventory cost is a function of what 2 variables?
1 number of units included in inventory, and
2 costs attached to those units (COGS)
The costs to be included in inventory include…
All costs necessary to prepare goods for sale
3 normal costs included in inventory
1 freight in/transportation in
2 handling costs
3 normal spoilage
For a manufacturing entity:
The cost of inventory includes…4 costs
1 direct materials
2 direct Labor
3 direct factory overhead
4 indirect factory overhead
For a manufacturing entity: 1 direct materials 2 direct Labor 3 direct factory overhead 4 indirect factory overhead Are then allocated to...
Work in progress and finished goods inventory account
For a manufacturing entity:
Variable production overhead, is allocated to…
Each unit of production based on actual use of production
Facilities
For a manufacturing entity:
Fixed overhead is allocated based on…
The normal capacity of production of the production facilities
For a manufacturing entity:
The normal capacity of the production facility is…
The production expected to be achieved over a number of periods
Or seasons under normal circumstances
For a manufacturing entity:
Normal capacity of production takes into account…
The loss of capacity resulting from planned maintenance
For a manufacturing entity:
The range of normal capacity will vary based on…
Business and industry specific factors
For a manufacturing entity:
The actual level of production may be used if it…
Approximates normal capacity
For a manufacturing entity:
unallocated fixed overhead costs are recognized…
As an expense in period in which they are incurred
Any abnormal costs for freight in, handling costs and spoilage are treated as…
Current period expenses and aren’t allocated to inventory
Interest on inventories routinely produced or repetitively produced in large quantities is…
Not capitalized as part of inventory cost
For a merchandising concern: recording of purchases
The amount used as a purchase price for goods will vary depending on whether…
The gross profit or net method is used for recording purchases
Gross method is used to…
2) the purchase discount is netted against…
Record the purchases, then any subsequent discount taken
Is shown as purchase discount
2) the purchases account in determining COGS
If the net method is used to record purchases, then any purchase discounts offered are assumed…
Taken and purchase account reflects the net price