Accounting- Chapter 20 True/False

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a merchandise inventory conducted by counting, weighting, or measuring items of merchandise on hand is also called physical inventory

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a merchandise inventory evaluated at the end of a fiscal period is known as periodic inventory

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a minimum inventory balance is the amount of merchandise that will typically last until ordered merchandise can be recieved by vendors

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a perpetual inventory system provides day to day information about the quality of merchandise on hand

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many merchandising businesses use a POS terminal to read UPC codes on products and update the stock ledger

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merchandise inventory on hand is typically the largest current asset of a merchandising business

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net income of a business can be decreased by maintaining a merchandise inventory that is larger than needed

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the gross profit method makes it possible to prepare monthly income statements without taking a physical inventory

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the only financial statement on which the value of merchandise on hand is reported is the income statement

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first in first out is a method used to determine the quantity of each type of merchandise on hand


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