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Coby Harmon
University of California, Santa Barbara
Westmont College
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Inventories
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
[1] Determine how to classify inventory and inventory quantities.
[2] Explain the accounting for inventories and apply the inventory cost flow
methods.
[3] Explain the financial effects of the inventory cost flow assumptions.
[4] Explain the lower-of-cost-or-market basis of accounting for inventories.
[5] Indicate the effects of inventory errors on the financial statements.
[6] Compute and interpret the inventory turnover.
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Preview of Chapter 6
Accounting Principles
Eleventh Edition
Weygandt Kimmel Kieso
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Classifying Inventory
Merchandising
Company
One Classification:
Inventory
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Manufacturing
Company
Three Classifications:
Raw Materials
Work in Process
Finished Goods
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Periodic System
1. Determine the inventory on hand.
2. Determine the cost of goods sold for the period.
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Illustration 6-2
Terms of sale
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DO IT!
Hasbeen Company completed its inventory count. It arrived at a total inventory value
of $200,000. You have been given the information listed below. Discuss how this
information affects the reported cost of inventory.
1. Hasbeen included in the inventory goods held on consignment for Falls Co.,
costing $15,000.
2. The company did not include in the count purchased goods of $10,000, which
were in transit (terms: FOB shipping point).
3. The company did not include in the count inventory that had been sold with a
cost of $12,000, which was in transit (terms: FOB shipping point).
Solution
1. Goods of $15,000 held on consignment should be deducted from the inventory
count.
2. The goods of $10,000 purchased FOB shipping point should be added to the
inventory count.
Inventory should be $195,000
3. Item 3 was treated correctly.
($200,000 - $15,000 + $10,000).
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Inventory Costing
Inventory is accounted for at cost.
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Specific identification
Average-cost
Cost Flow
Assumptions
Inventory Costing
Illustration: Crivitz TV Company purchases three identical 50inch TVs on different dates at costs of $700, $750, and $800.
During the year Crivitz sold two sets at $1,200 each. These facts
are summarized below.
Illustration 6-3
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Inventory Costing
Specific Identification
If Crivitz sold the TVs it purchased on February 3 and May 22,
then its cost of goods sold is $1,500 ($700 + $800), and its ending
inventory is $750.
Illustration 6-4
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Inventory Costing
Specific Identification
Actual physical flow costing method in which items still in
inventory are specifically costed to arrive at the total cost of the
ending inventory.
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Inventory Costing
Cost Flow
Assumption
does not need to be
consistent with the
physical movement of
goods
Illustration 6-12
Use of cost flow methods in
major U.S. companies
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Illustration 6-8
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Illustration 6-13
HOUSTON ELECTRONICS
Condensed Income Statements
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Inventory Costing
Using Cost Flow Methods Consistently
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Inventory Costing
Lower-of-Cost-or-Market
When the value of inventory is lower than its cost
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Example of conservatism.
Inventory Costing
Lower-of-Cost-or-Market
Illustration: Assume that Ken Tuckie TV has the following lines
of merchandise with costs and market values as indicated.
Illustration 6-16
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Inventory Errors
Common Cause:
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Inventory Errors
Income Statement Effects
Inventory errors affect the computation of cost of goods sold
and net income.
Illustration 6-17
Illustration 6-18
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Inventory Errors
Income Statement Effects
Inventory errors affect the computation of cost of goods
sold and net income in two periods.
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Over the two years, the total net income is correct because
the errors offset each other.
Inventory Errors
Illustration 6-19
Sales
2014
Incorrect
Correct
80,000
80,000
90,000
90,000
Beginning inventory
20,000
20,000
12,000
15,000
40,000
40,000
68,000
68,000
60,000
60,000
80,000
83,000
Ending inventory
12,000
15,000
23,000
23,000
48,000
45,000
57,000
60,000
Gross profit
32,000
35,000
33,000
30,000
Operating expenses
10,000
10,000
20,000
20,000
Net income
2013
Incorrect
Correct
22,000
25,000
($3,000)
Net Income
understated
13,000
10,000
$3,000
Net Income
overstated
Inventory Errors
Question
Understating ending inventory will overstate:
a. assets.
b. cost of goods sold.
c. net income.
d. owner's equity.
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Inventory Errors
Balance Sheet Effects
Effect of inventory errors on the balance sheet is determined
by using the basic accounting equation:.
Illustration 6-17
Illustration 6-20
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sales.
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Average Inventory
Inventory Turnover
LO 6 Compute and interpret the inventory turnover.
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APPENDIX 6A
Illustration:
Perpetual
Inventory
System
Illustration 6A-1
HOUSTON ELECTRONICS
Astro Condensers
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APPENDIX 6A
Cost of Goods
Sold
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Perpetual
Inventory
System
Illustration 6A-2
Ending Inventory
APPENDIX 6A
Cost of Goods
Sold
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Perpetual
Inventory
System
Illustration 6A-3
Ending Inventory
APPENDIX 6A
Perpetual
Inventory
System
Average-Cost
Illustration 6A-4
Cost of Goods
Sold
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Ending Inventory
APPENDIX 6B
Estimating Inventories
rate.
Illustration 6B-1
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APPENDIX 6B
Estimating Inventories
Illustration 6B-2
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APPENDIX 6B
Estimating Inventories
price.
Company applies cost-to-retail percentage to ending inventory at
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LO 8
APPENDIX 6B
Estimating Inventories
Illustration 6B-1
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A Look at IFRS
Key Points
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
Key Points
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
Key Points
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
Key Points
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
Key Points
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Under GAAP, if inventory is written down under the lower-ofcost-or-market valuation, the new basis is now considered its
cost. As a result, the inventory may not be written back up to
its original cost in a subsequent period. Under IFRS, the writedown may be reversed in a subsequent period up to the
amount of the previous write-down. Both the write-down and
any subsequent reversal should be reported on the income
statement as an expense. An item-by-item approach is
generally followed under IFRS.
LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
Key Points
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
Looking to the Future
One convergence issue that will be difficult to resolve relates to the use
of the LIFO cost flow assumption. As indicated, IFRS specifically
prohibits its use. Conversely, the LIFO cost flow assumption is widely
used in the United States because of its favorable tax advantages. In
addition, many argue that LIFO from a financial reporting point of view
provides a better matching of current costs against revenue and,
therefore, enables companies to compute a more realistic income.
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
IFRS Self-Test Questions
Which of the following should not be included in the inventory of a
company using IFRS?
a) Goods held on consignment from another company.
b) Goods shipped on consignment to another company.
c) Goods in transit from another company shipped FOB shipping
point.
d) None of the above.
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
IFRS Self-Test Questions
Which method of inventory costing is prohibited under IFRS?
a) Specific identification.
b) FIFO.
c) LIFO.
d) Average-cost.
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
A Look at IFRS
IFRS Self-Test Questions
Specific identification:
a) must be used under IFRS if the inventory items are not
interchangeable.
b) cannot be used under IFRS.
c) cannot be used under GAAP.
d) must be used under IFRS if it would result in the most
conservative net income.
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LO 9 Compare the accounting procedures for inventories under GAAP and IFRS.
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