6 - 1 PowerPoint Authors: Susan Coomer Galbreath, Ph.D., CPA Charles W. Caldwell, D.B.A., CMA Jon A. Booker, Ph.D., CPA, CIA Cynthia J. Rooney, Ph.D., CPA Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 6 Inventories and Cost of Sales

6 - 2 Determining Inventory Items Merchandise inventory includes all goods that a company owns and holds for sale, regardless of where the goods are located when inventory is counted. Goods in Transit Goods Damaged or Obsolete Goods on Consignment C1 Items requiring special attention include:

6 - 3 FOB Destination Point Public Carrier SellerBuyer Goods in Transit Public Carrier SellerBuyer FOB Shipping Point Ownership passes to the buyer here. C1

6 - 4 Goods on Consignment Merchandise is included in the inventory of the consignor, the owner of the inventory. Consignor Consignee Thanks for selling my inventory in your store. C1

6 - 5 Goods Damaged or Obsolete Damaged or obsolete goods are not counted in inventory if they cannot be sold. Cost should be reduced to net realizable value if they can be sold. C1

6 - 6 Determining Inventory Costs Invoice Cost Include all expenditures necessary to bring an item to a salable condition and location. Minus Discounts and Allowances Plus Import Duties Plus Freight Plus Storage Plus Insurance C2

6 - 7 Inventory Costing under a Perpetual System Inventory affects... The matching principle requires matching costs with sales. Balance Sheet Income Statement C2

6 - 8 Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions First-In, First-Out (FIFO) Assumes costs flow in the order incurred. Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) Assumes costs flow in the reverse order incurred. Weighted Average Assumes costs flow at an average of the costs available. P1

6 - 9 First-In, First-Out (FIFO) Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory Oldest Costs Recent Costs P1

Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory Recent Costs Oldest Costs P1

Weighted Average When a unit is sold, the average cost of each unit in inventory is assigned to cost of goods sold. Cost of Goods Available for Sale Units on hand on the date of sale ÷ P1

Financial Statement Effects of Costing Methods Because prices change, inventory methods nearly always assign different cost amounts. A1

Financial Statement Effects of Costing Methods Advantages of Methods Smoothes out price changes. Better matches current costs in cost of goods sold with revenues. Ending inventory approximates current replacement cost. First-In, First-Out Weighted Average Last-In, First-Out A1

Tax Effects of Costing Methods The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) identifies several acceptable inventory costing methods for reporting taxable income. If LIFO is used for tax purposes, the IRS requires it be used in financial statements. A1

Consistency in Using Costing Methods The consistency principle requires a company to use the same accounting methods period after period so that financial statements are comparable across periods. A1

Lower of Cost or Market Inventory must be reported at market value when market is lower than cost. Can be applied three ways: (1)separately to each individual item. (2)to major categories of assets. (3)to the whole inventory. Can be applied three ways: (1)separately to each individual item. (2)to major categories of assets. (3)to the whole inventory. Defined as current replacement cost (not sales price). Consistent with the conservatism principle. Defined as current replacement cost (not sales price). Consistent with the conservatism principle. P2

Financial Statement Effects of Inventory Errors Income Statement Effects A2

Financial Statement Effects of Inventory Errors Balance Sheet Effects A2

Global View Items and Costs Making Up Inventory Both U.S. GAAP and IFRS include in inventory all items that a company owns and holds for sale plus all cost expenditures necessary to bring those items to a salable condition and location. Assigning Costs to Inventory Both U.S. GAAP and IFRS allow companies to use specific identification, FIFO, and Weighted Average. IFRS does not currently allow use of LIFO. Estimating Inventory Costs Both U.S. GAAP and IFRS require companies to write down inventory when its value falls below recorded cost. U.S. GAAP prohibits any later increase in value. IFRS does allow reversals of write downs up to the original acquisition cost. Neither allow inventory to be adjusted upward beyond the original cost.

Appendix 6A: Inventory Costing under a Periodic System P3 LIFO computation of COGS and ending inventory under a periodic system.

Appendix 6B: Inventory Estimation Methods P4 Inventory sometimes requires estimation for interim statements or if some casualty such as fire or flood makes taking a physical count impossible. Retail Inventory Method Gross Profit Method

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