Which of the following costs is not included in the merchandise inventory account?

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  • 1.

    Under which inventory cost flow assumption is the cost of the most recent purchase matched first with sales revenues?

  • 2.

    Under which inventory cost flow assumption is the cost of the most recent purchases likely to remain in inventory?

  • 3.

    Under which inventory cost flow assumption is the oldest cost of inventory items likely to remain on the balance sheet?

  • 4.

    The account Inventory will appear on the balance sheet as a current asset at an amount that often reflects the __________ of the merchandise on hand.

  • 5.

    The inventory system that does NOT update the Inventory account automatically at the time of each purchase or sales is the _______________ method/system.

  • 6.

    If a company is experiencing continuous cost increases for the merchandise that it purchases, which cost flow assumption will result in the least amount of profit and the least amount of income tax expense?

  • 7.

    A company in the computer industry is experiencing continuously lower costs. Which cost flow assumption will result in less income tax expense for this company?

  • 8.

    A company purchased items for inventory during 2021 at continuously higher costs. Its last two purchases of 2021 were 20 units on December 20 at a cost of $14 per unit and 30 units on December 30 at a cost of $15 per unit. On December 28, 2021 the company made its last sale for the year when it sold 10 units. Which inventory cost flow assumption will cause the $15 cost per unit to be expensed as part of the year 2021's cost of goods sold?

  • Use the following information for questions 9 - 14:
    A company purchased merchandise to be resold at increasing costs during the year 2021. The purchases were made at the following costs...

    Which of the following costs is not included in the merchandise inventory account?

    The company sold 10 items at the end of each month.

  • 9. What are the number of units and the cost of the goods available for sale?
    units     $

    __________

    $1,770. This amount will be divided up between the cost of goods sold and the ending inventory. It can serve as a check figure.

    cost of goods available for sale
  • 10.

    Assuming the LIFO periodic cost flow assumption, what will be the company's cost of goods sold for the 120 items sold in 2021?

  • 11.

    Assuming the FIFO periodic cost flow assumption, what will be the company's cost of goods sold for the 120 items sold in 2021?

  • 12.

    Assuming the periodic weighted-average cost flow assumption, what is the company's cost of goods sold for the 120 items sold in 2021?

  • 13.

    Assuming the LIFO perpetual cost flow assumption, what will be the company's cost of goods sold if 10 units were sold on the last day of each month during the year 2021?

  • 14.

    Assuming the perpetual moving-average cost flow assumption, what is the company's cost of goods sold for the 120 items sold in 2021?

  • 15.

    A company's inventory was destroyed in a fire on January 28, 2022. The company's December 31, 2021 inventory had a cost of $40,000. The company's gross profit has consistently been 30% of sales. During January the company purchased merchandise costing $36,000 and sales of $50,000 at regular selling prices. What is the estimated cost of the inventory that was destroyed on January 28, 2022?

  • 16.

    A retailer has the following information:

    Which of the following costs is not included in the merchandise inventory account?
    The estimated cost of inventory to be shown on the retailer's January 31, 2022 balance sheet is

  • 17.

    A company has properly recorded all of its purchases of merchandise inventory, but made an error when counting its ending inventory. As a result of the error the company's Inventory account is overstated by $24,000. (This means that the amount in the Inventory account is too high by $24,000.) What is the impact of this error on the company's income statement? Specifically, the company's reported profit (ignoring income tax expense) in the period of the error will be __________.

  • 18.

    A retailer's inventory cost should include freight-in on the merchandise purchased with terms FOB shipping point?

  • 19. Net Purchases is Gross Purchases minus Purchase Returns and Allowances and Purchase .
  • 20. The difference between the Cost of Goods Available and the Cost of Goods Sold is

    __________

    Ending Inventory

    .
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    What is not included in the merchandise inventory?

    What is Not Considered Merchandise Inventory?.
    Raw materials..
    Work-in-process inventory..
    Goods that have been sold..
    Other purchased goods such as office or manufacturing equipment..

    Which of the following cost is not included in the merchandise inventory account quizlet?

    Which of the following costs is not included in the Merchandise Inventory account? Damaged inventory that cannot be sold. The inventory costing method that results in the lowest taxable income in a period of rising costs is: LIFO method.

    Which of the following costs would be included in merchandise inventory?

    What types of costs are included in the Merchandise Inventory account? Merchandise inventory is finished goods that are held for sale to customers. Costs that are included in "merchandise inventory" include the cost of the product, transportation-in costs, packaging costs, transit insurance, etc.

    What items should not be included in the cost of ending merchandise inventory?

    Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is option b) purchased units in transit, shipped FOB destination. The computation of ending inventory is computed using the following formula. Accordingly, the purchased units in transit, shipped FOB destination must not be included in the total cost of ending inventory.