Financial & Managerial Accounting
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781337119207
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.2EX
(a)
To determine
Control over inventory is a technique whereby the inventory is safeguarded as soon as the order of inventory is made. The two main objectives of control of inventory are:
- a) Safeguarding of inventory from theft and damage
- b) Recording and reporting inventory in the financial statement of the company.
To state: the procedure of tagging a control device with inventory items in the store is appropriate.
(b)
To determine
To state: the procedure of not locking the store’s stockroom is appropriate.
(c)
To determine
To state: the procedure of record the amount of inventory received from vendor’s invoice is appropriate.
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