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Chapter 5: Q5-19RQ (page 294)
What are the four steps involved in the closing process for a merchandising company?
The closing process for a merchandising company includes the following four steps:
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Jeana’s Furniture’s unadjusted Merchandise Inventory account at year-end is \(69,000. The physical count of inventory came up with a total of \)67,600. Journalize the adjusting entry needed to account for inventory shrinkage.
Rae Philippe was a warehouse manager for Atkins Oilfield Supply, a business that operated across eight Western states. She was an old pro and had known most of the other warehouse managers for many years. Around December each year, auditors would come to do a physical count of the inventory at each warehouse. Recently, Rae’s brother started his own drilling company and persuaded Rae to “loan” him 80 joints of 5-inch drill pipe to use for his first well. He promised to have it back to Rae by December, but the well encountered problems and the pipe was still in the ground. Rae knew the auditors were on the way, so she called her friend Andy, who ran another Atkins warehouse. “Send me over 80 joints of 5-inch pipe tomorrow, and I’ll get them back to you ASAP,” said Rae. When the auditors came, all the pipe on the books was accounted for, and they filed a “no-exception” report.
Requirements
1. Is there anything the company or the auditors could do in the future to detect this kind of fraudulent practice?
2. How would this kind of action affect the financial performance of the company?
What are the two types of merchandisers? How do they differ?
Crazy Cookies earned net sales revenue of \(66,000,000 in 2018. The cost of goods sold was \)39,600,000, and net income reached $7,000,000, the company’s highest ever. Compute the company’s gross profit percentage for 2018.
Journalize the following transactions that occurred in January 2018 for Mike’s Amusements. Assume Mike’s uses the gross method to record sales revenue. No explanations are needed. Identify each accounts payable and accounts receivable with the vendor or customer name.
Jan. 4 Purchased merchandise inventory on account from Vanderbilt Company, \(5,000. Terms 1/10, n/EOM, FOB shipping point.
6 Paid freight bill of \)150 on January 4 purchase.
8 Returned half the inventory purchased on January 4 from Vanderbilt Company.
10 Sold merchandise inventory for cash, \(1,100. Cost of goods, \)440. FOB destination.
11 Sold merchandise inventory to Gilmore Corporation, \(10,100, on account, terms of 3/10, n/EOM. Cost of goods, \)5,555. FOB shipping point.
12 Paid freight bill of \(30 on January 10 sale.
13 Sold merchandise inventory to Cadet Company, \)8,800, on account, terms of 3/10, n/45. Cost of goods, \(4,400. FOB shipping point.
14 Paid the amount owed on account from January 4, less return and discount.
18 Purchased inventory of \)4,600 on account from Roberts Corporation. Payment terms were 1/10, n/30, FOB destination.
20 Received cash from Gilmore Corporation, less discount.
26 Paid amount owed on account from January 18, less discount.
28 Received cash from Cadet Company.
29 Purchased inventory from Silk Corporation for cash, \(12,000, FOB shipping point. Freight in paid to shipping company, \)240.
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