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Principles of Accounting, Volume 1: Financial Accounting

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LO 10.1What is meant by the term gross margin?

2.

LO 10.1Can a business change from one inventory costing method to another any time they wish? Explain.

3.

LO 10.1Why do consignment arrangements present a challenge in inventory management? Explain.

4.

LO 10.1Explain the difference between the terms FOB destination and FOB shipping point.

5.

LO 10.1When would a company use the specific identification method of inventory cost allocation?

6.

LO 10.1Explain why a company might want to utilize the gross profit method or the retail inventory method for inventory valuation.

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LO 10.1Describe the goal of the lower-of-cost-or-market concept.

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LO 10.1Describe two separate and distinct ways to calculate goods available for sale.

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LO 10.3Describe costing inventory using first-in, first-out. Address the different treatment, if any, that must be given for periodic and perpetual inventory updating.

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LO 10.3Describe costing inventory using last-in, first-out. Address the different treatment, if any, that must be given for periodic and perpetual inventory updating.

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LO 10.3Describe costing inventory using weighted average. Address the different treatment, if any, that must be given for periodic and perpetual inventory updating.

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LO 10.4How long does it take an inventory error affecting ending inventory to correct itself in the financial statements? Explain.

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LO 10.4What type of issues would arise that might cause inventory errors?

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LO 10.5Explain the difference between the flow of cost and the flow of goods as it relates to inventory.

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LO 10.5What insights can be gained from inventory ratio analysis, such as inventory turnover ratio and number of days’ sales in inventory ratio?

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