Accounting Information Systems
Accounting Information Systems
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ISBN: 9781337676557
Author: Ulric J. Gelinas; Richard B. Dull; Patrick Wheeler
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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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.

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  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.
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
When using the perpetual system for inventory, the journal entry to record a purchase of inventory would include a O debit to accounts payable credit to the inventory account debit to the inventory account ○ debit to the purchases account O credit to the purchases account
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