
1.
Manufacturing Companies:
Merchandiser is a person or organization who buys goods with the purpose of sale these goods to the customer. They buy goods either from the manufacturer or from a wholesaler. They sell goods at higher rate than its purchase price.
Merchandising Companies:
Merchandiser is a person or organization who buys goods with the purpose of sale these goods to the customer. They buy goods either from the manufacturer or from a wholesaler. They sell goods at higher rate than its purchase price.
Service-Sector Companies:
Service companies act as a service provider, who do not buy or sell goods. They deal with intangible things. Therefore, the accounts used by the service company are different.
To explain: The difference between manufacturing, merchandising and service-sector companies.
2.
Cost:
Cost refers to the expenses incurred by the business to earn revenue from sales, in other words cost is the amount given in order to get something.
To explain: The difference between inventoriable costs and period costs.
3.
To classify: The costs items as inventoriable costs or period costs.

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