Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
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ISBN: 9781337552127
Author: Ulric J. Gelinas, Richard B. Dull, Patrick Wheeler, Mary Callahan Hill
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 13, Problem 5P

Our narrative and DFDs are created assuming that accounts payable result from the purchase of inventory using a perpetual inventory system. However, inventory is not the only item that a company might purchase. For each of the following situations, show the journal entry (in debit/credit journal entry format with no dollar amounts) that would result when the accounts payable was created. Make and state any assumptions you think are necessary.

Situations:

  1. 1. Merchandise is purchased, and a periodic inventory process is used.
  2. 2. Merchandise is purchased, and a perpetual inventory process is used.
  3. 3. Office supplies are purchased.
  4. 4. Plant assets are purchased.
  5. 5. Legal services are purchased.
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Which of the following are characteristics of a perpetual inventory system? (a). Management knows how much inventory is on hand at all times. (b). Purchases of inventory are recorded to the inventory account. (c). The computer tracks inventory upon a sale and the cost of goods and inventory are immediately updated. (d). All of these.
Assume that a perpetual inventory system using the NET METHOD is in use. Which of the following statements regarding the journal entries prepared is correct? A)  When a customer returns inventory, the seller debits Customer Refunds Payable. B)  Shipping costs associated with sales with terms FOB, destination should be included in Cost of Merchandise Inventory. C)  When a company receives payment from a customer for a sale, Cash is debited and Accounts Payable is credited. D)  When a company sells merchandise with terms 2/10, n 30, the company will credit Merchandise Inventory for the amount of the discount of 2 percent of sales. Why is the answer A and not D?
Which of the following entries would be made to record the purchase of inventory on​ account, if a company uses the perpetual inventory​ system?         A. a debit to Purchases and a credit to Accounts Payable   B. a debit to Accounts Payable and a credit to Merchandise Inventory   C. a debit to Merchandise Inventory and a credit to Accounts Payable   D. a debit to Accounts Payable and a credit to Purchases
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