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Chapter 5, Problem 5.1AP
To determine

(a)

Perpetual Inventory System refers to the inventory system that maintains the detailed records of every inventory transactions related to purchases and sales on a continuous basis. It shows the exact on-hand-inventory at any point of time.

Journal entry: Journal is the book of original entry whereby all the financial transactions are recorded in chronological order. Under this method each transaction has two sides, debit side and credit side. Total amount of debit side must be equal to the total amount of credit side. In addition, it is the primary books of accounts for any entity to record the daily transactions and processed further till the presentation of the financial statements.

The following are the rules of debit and credit:

  1. 1. Increase in assets and expenses accounts are debited. Decrease in liabilities and stockholders’ equity accounts are debited.
  2. 2. Increase in liabilities, revenues, and stockholders’ equity accounts are credited. Decreases in all asset accounts are credited.

To Record: The journal entries in books of Store WH using perpetual inventory system during May.

(b)

To determine

T Accounts: T- accounts are prepared for all the business transactions. First, journal entries are passed and then transferred to the respective ledger accounts where, they are recorded and summarized in either side of the ‘T’ format. It is divided into two parts by a vertical line, that is, the left side and the right side. The left side of the T-account is known as the debit side and the right side of the T-account is known as the credit side. The account name appears on the top of the T-account.

To Post: The above transactions to T-accounts of Store WH.

(c)

To determine

To Prepare: The income statement through gross profit of Store WH for the month ended May 2017.

(d)

To determine

The gross profit rate and profit margin of Store WH for the month of May 2017.

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