Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025914
Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 2Q
If a Chicago-based company ships goods on September 30 to a customer in Hawaii with sales terms FOB destination, does the Chicago-based company include the inventory or the sale in its September financial statements?
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