MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERS
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Why do companies take a physical count of their inventory on hand at least once per year?
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- Assume your company uses the periodic inventory costing method, and the inventory count left out an entire warehouse of goods that were in stock at the end of the year, with a cost value of $222,000. How will this affect your net income in the current year? How will it affect next years net income?arrow_forwardWhen is a physical inventory usually taken? O When the company has its greatest amount of inventory and at the end of the company's fiscal year. O When the company has its greatest amount of inventory. O When goods are being sold or received. O At the end of the company's fiscal year.arrow_forwardArrow Distributing Corp. likes to track inventory by using weeks of supply as well as by inventory turnover. Arrow Distributing Corp. Net Revenue Cost of sales Inventory Total assets a) What is its weeks of supply? weeks (round your response to two decimal places). b) What is Arrow's inventory turnover? times per year (round your response to two decimal places). $16,830 $14,240 $920 $9,270 c) Suppose a manufacturer has an inventory turnover of 13.5 times per year. Arrow's supply chain performance relative to the manufacturer's, as measured by inventory turnover, isarrow_forward
- The balance of a perpetual inventory system at any given time is the _____ inventory. It must be confirmed with an actual physical count at least once a year. target averageperiodic merchandisebookarrow_forwardConsider each of the following independent situations. Should a company report the goods in its inventory? (a) Goods purchased by the company with shipping terms FOB shipping point that are in transit at the end of the yeararrow_forwardIf a company has goods in transit at the end of the year that were shipped FOB shipping point, how should these goods be accounted for on the company's books at the end of the year? a.The goods should be included in the inventory value at the end of the year. b.Half of the value of the goods in transit should be included in the inventory value at the end of the year. c.The goods should be excluded from the inventory value at the end of the year. d.The goods should be considered held for sale on consignment at the end of the year.arrow_forward
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