Exam 4: Accounting for Merchandising Businesses

During the current year,Gomez Co.had beginning inventory of $2,400 and ending inventory of $1,200.The cost of goods sold was $9,600.What is the amount of inventory purchased during the year?

Gross margin is equal to the amount of change (increase or decrease)in Merchandise Inventory during a period.

Ballard Company uses the perpetual inventory system.The company purchased $16,000 of merchandise from Andes Company under the terms 2/10,net/30.Ballard paid for the merchandise within 10 days and also paid $500 freight to obtain the goods under terms FOB shipping point.All of the merchandise purchased was sold for $30,000 cash.What is the amount of gross margin that resulted from these business events?

-Three of the companies are upscale stores and one is a discount store.Which company is most likely to be the discount store?

If a company uses the periodic inventory system,it records inventory purchases in the Purchases account at the time of purchase.

The beginning inventory plus cost of goods sold equals the cost of goods available for sale during the period.

Vargas Company sold a piece of land for $39,000 that had originally cost $32,500.How does this business event affect the company's financial statements?

When are product costs matched directly with sales revenue?

Abbott Company purchased $6,500 of merchandise inventory on account.Abbott uses the perpetual inventory system.Which of the following entries would be required to record this transaction?

The following data is from the income statement of Ralston Company: What is the company's gross margin percentage?

The Garrett Company uses the perpetual inventory system.The company's records showed a book balance of $18,000 in the Merchandise Inventory account,and a physical count finds only $16,250 of inventory.Which of the following indicates the effect of the necessary write-down entry?

Olly Company is a merchandising business that sells dog food.Based on the following information,what is the gross margin for Olly Company?

A company's amount of cost of goods sold reported on the income statement will be the same with a periodic inventory system as it would be with a perpetual system.

How does the following journal entry affect a company's financial statements?

Costs charged to the Merchandise Inventory account are product costs.

SX Company sold merchandise on account for $16,000.The merchandise had cost the company $6,000.What is the effect of the sale on the income statement?

Common size financial statements are prepared by converting dollar amounts to percentages.

Butte Company recognized $24,000 of revenue on the cash sale of merchandise that cost $11,000.How will the sale be reported on the statement of cash flows?

On April 1,Snell Company made a $50,000 sale giving the customer terms of 3/10,n/30.The receivable was collected from the customer on April 8.How does the collection of cash from the customer affect the company's financial statements?

Which of the following would not be considered as primarily a merchandising business?