Invty
Invty
THEORY OF ACCOUNTS
INVENTORIES
FS Classification: CURRENT ASSETS (held for trading within the normal operating cycle of the business)
Ownership of Inventories As long as a company has the title to the goods, regardless of the location, the ownership
remains with the company.
Inventories in transit If goods are in transit, the following freight terms are considered in determining the ownership
of the inventories. These terms also determine who should shoulder the freight charges, meaning, whoever owns the
goods during the shipment should also pay for the freight:
1. FOB destination – ownership transferred to buyer upon receipt of inventory at the point of destination. The
seller is responsible for the delivery charges. Such cost is considered as freight out under selling expenses
(operating expenses).
2. FOB shipping point – ownership transferred to buyer upon shipment of inventory. The buyer is responsible for
the delivery charges. Such cost is considered as freight in and forms part of the initial cost of the inventory
(product cost).
Freight payment terms (who actually paid the freight not considered in determining who actually owns the goods
or who is responsible for paying the freight and other costs from the point of shipment to the point of destination):
1. Freight collect – buyer pays freight
2. Freight prepaid – seller pays freight
Consignment – an agreement between two parties wherein the consignor is contracting a consignee to sell the goods on
its behalf.
Goods held on consignment account – ordinarily associated with the consignee. The amount related to this
account will NOT form part of its inventories.
Goods out on consignment account – ordinarily associated with the consignor. The amount related to this
account will form part of its inventories
Consigned goods – included in the consignor’s inventory and excluded from the consignee’s inventory.
Bill-and-hold sales
A bill and hold arrangement is a contract under which a seller bills a customer but retains physical possession of
the goods until it is transferred to the customer at a future date.
The goods are EXCLUDED from the SELLER’S inventory and INCLUDED in the BUYER’S inventory upon billing,
provided:
o The reason for the bill and hold arrangement is substantive (the customer has requested for the
arrangement)
o The goods are identified separately as belonging to the customer
o The goods are available for immediate transfer to the customer
o The seller cannot use the goods or sell them to another customer
Segregated goods
Special order goods manufactured according to customer specifications should be considered SOLD when
COMPLETED, even if it is still in the possession of the seller. Therefore, these are EXCLUDED from the SELLER’S
inventory.
Goods that are CUSTOMARILY manufactured and constitute stock items of the entity, even if physically
segregated, are still INCLUDED in the SELLER’S inventory until delivered to the customer.
Goods sold under installment sales – INCLUDED in the BUYER’S inventory despite retention of the title by the seller until
fully paid. The substance is that control over the goods has already passed to the buyer at the time of sale.
Goods sold with refund offers – buyers are given the right to rescind the purchase of goods for a reason specified in the
sales contract. These goods shall be EXCLUDED from the inventory of the seller.
Cost of Inventory:
1. Cost of purchase – purchase price, import duties and irrevocable taxes, freight, handling and other direct costs;
does not include foreign exchange differences
2. Cost of conversion – DM, DL, FOH
3. Other cost incurred in bringing the inventory to its present location and condition
Costs excluded from the cost of inventory (expensed in the period in which they are incurred):
abnormal wastage (materials, labor and other production costs)
selling costs (e.g. advertising, promotion costs, delivery expenses, freight-out)
storage costs (except for necessary costs in the production process before a further production stage
applicable to goods in process, in which case, it is an inventoriable cost)
administrative overheads (those that do not contribute to bringing inventories to their present location and
condition)
Relative Sales Price method of inventory measurement is used when different commodities are purchased at a
lumpsum and the single cost is apportioned among the commodities based on their respective sales price.
Cash Discounts (Purchase Discount and Sales Discount) – reductions in the invoice price allowed only when payment is
made within the discount period. These are given to encourage early payments. A.K.A. early payments discount.
Trade Discounts – reductions in the list price or catalog price in order to get the invoice price. These are given to
encourage bulk buying or buying large quantities. A.K.A. quantity discounts.
INVENTORY VALUATION:
Subsequent Measurement: PAS 2 paragraph 9: Lower of Cost and Net Realizable Value (LCNRV) applied PER ITEM of
inventory and NOT per TOTAL.
PAS 2 paragraph 25: cost of inventories shall be determined using: FIFO method or Weighted Average method
PAS 2 paragraph23: if inventories are not ordinarily interchangeable, Specific Identification method can be used
Net realizable value = selling price in ordinary course of business less estimated cost of completion and estimated selling
costs
Purchase Commitments – are an entity’s commitments to acquire certain goods sometime in the future at a fixed price
and fixed quantity. In this scenario, a purchase contract for future delivery of products with a specified price and
quantity has already been made.
A purchase commitment can either be: cancellable (no entry is required in the books) or non-cancellable.
When purchase commitments are significant and unusual, disclosure in the notes is necessary.
Any estimated losses resulting from firm and noncancellable commitments must be recognized.
If there is a decline in purchase price after a noncancelable purchase commitment has been made, a
loss is recorded in the period of the price decline. This is an application of the LCNRV measurement.
If the market price rises by the time the entity makes the purchase, a gain on purchase commitment
would be recorded; gain to be recognized is limited to the loss on purchase commitment previously
recorded. The gain on purchase commitment is classified as other income.
The loss on purchase commitment is classified as other expense and estimated liability for purchase
commitment is classified as current liability.
INVENTORY ESTIMATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
3. Angel-Loves-Me Co. is a clothing retailer. Which of the following costs would it record as a cost of purchase?
I. Cost to ship the jeans from a supplier to the warehouse
II. Cost to ship the jeans from the warehouse to a retail store
III. Reimbursable import duties
IV. Storage costs to the jeans while in transit to the warehouse
V. Salary of the purchasing manager in the accounts department
a. I, II, and IV c. I, II, III and IV
b. I, II, and III d. I, II, III, IV and V
4. How should cash discounts that are received from the purchase of inventory be recognized?
a. Financial revenue
b. Reduction of the cost of inventory
c. It has no impact of the measurement of inventory
d. None of the above
5. The USA segment of International, Inc. measures raw material inventory using the FIFO method. Its European
segment measures the same raw material inventory using the weighted average cost method. Is this permitted under
PAS 2?
a. No. Cost formulas should be consistently applied to al inventories similar in
nature
b. Yes. Different cost formulas can be applied to all inventories similar in nature as
long as the methods used are either FIFO or the weighted average
c. No. PAS 2 requires all inventories to be measured using the specific identification
cost formula
d. None of the above
6. Why is WIP arising out of construction contracts outside the scope of PAS 2?
a. WIP arising out of construction contracts is not inventory
b. There is a specific standard dealing with WIP arising out of construction contracts
(PAS11)
c. Contract costs may fall into different accounting periods
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d. None of the above
8. Which of the following are most likely to be classified as components of inventory of an accounting firm prior to
revenue being recognized under PAS 18?
I. Salaries of the client service accountants
II. Costs of brochures sent directly to clients
III. Travel costs to client locations
IV. An allocation of salary costs of technology support staff assisting client service
accountants
V. An allocation of salary costs of the firm’s accounts payable clerk
VI. Costs of materials used to prepare client’s reports
a. I, III, IV, and VI c. I, II, IV, V, and VI
b. I, II, III, and IV d. I, II, III, IV, and Vi
11. Which of the following is not included in the cost of purchase of inventory?
a. Purchase price
b. Import duties and other taxes
c. Freight, handling and other costs directly attributable to the acquisition of goods
d. Trade discounts, rebates and other similar items
12. Which of the following is not included in the cost of conversion of inventory?
a. Direct labor c. Variable factory overhead
b. Fixed factory overhead d. Administrative overhead
13. Freight and other handling charges incurred in the transfer of goods from the consignor to consignee are
a. Inventoriable by the consignor
b. Inventoriable by the consignee
c. Expense on the part of the consignor
d. Expense on the part of the consignee
14. The use of a discount lost account implies that the cost of a purchased inventory item is its
a. Invoice price
b. List price
c. Invoice price less the purchase discount taken
d. Invoice price less the purchase discount available whether or not taken
18. Metrogate Company paid the in-transit insurance premium for consignment goods shipped to Awo Company, the
consignee. In addition, Metrogate advanced part of the commission that will be due when Awo sells the goods. Should
Metrogate inclue in-transit insurance premium and advance commission in inventory costs?
Insurance Premium Advanced Commission
a. Yes Yes
b. No No
c. Yes No
d. No Yes
19. The credit balance that arises when a net loss on a purchase commitment is recognized should be
a. Presented as a current liability
b. Subtracted from ending inventory
c. Presented in the income statement
d. Presented in the statement of changes in equity
20. What is the method of accounting for inventories in which the cost of goods sold is recorded each time a sale is
made?
a. No inventory system c. Perpetual inventory system
b. Periodic inventory system d. Planned inventory system
22. Which of the following describes the agreement that the buyer will pay for the freight charge but is not legally
responsible for the same?
a. FOB destination, freight prepaid
b. FOB destination, freight collect
c. FOB shipping point, freight prepaid
d. FOB shipping point, freight collect
23. This cost formula must be employed for inventories that are not ordinarily interchangeable, and those goods and
services produced and segregated for specific projects.
a. Specific identification c. Net realizable value
b. Standard cost d. FIFO
24. Which inventory pricing method would reflect the most recently incurred purchase costs in the ending inventory?
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a. FIFO c. Weighted-average
b. LIFO d. Retail
25. The unique characteristic of this costing method is that cost of goods sold is the same under a periodic system as
under a perpetual system
a. FIFO c. LIFO
b. Specific identification d. Weighted-average
26. In a period of declining price, which of the following methods would result to the most conservative net income?
a. FIFO c. Weighted-average
b. LIFO d. Specific identification
27. Total cost of goods available for sale during the period divided by the total units available for sale during the period
equals an average unit cost. Ending inventory and cost of goods sold are then priced at this average cost
a. Weighted-average (periodic) c. Specific identification
b. Weighted-average (perpetual) d. LIFO
28. The average inventory pricing method under a perpetual inventory system is called
a. Weighted-average method c. Simple average method
b. Moving average method d. Composite average method
29. Which method of inventory pricing best approximates specific identification of the actual flow of costs and units in
most manufacturing situations?
a. Weighted-average c. LIFO
b. FIFO d. Moving average
32. When the conventional retail inventory method is used, markdowns are commonly ignored in the computation of
the cost-to-retall ratio because
a. There may be no markdowns in a given year
b. This tends to give a better approximation of the lower of cost or market
c. Markups are also ignored
d. This tends to result in the showing of a normal profit margin in a period when no
markdown goods have been sold
33. If the conventional retail inventory method is used, which of the following calculation would include or exclude net
markdowns?
Cost-to-retail ratio Ending inventory at retail
a. Include Include
b. Include Exclude
c. Exclude Include
d. Exclude Exclude
34. The gross profit method of estimating ending inventory may be used for all of the following, except
a. Rough test of the validity of an inventory cost determined under either periodic
perpetual system
b. Internal as well as external year-end reports
c. Internal as well as external interim reports
d. Estimates of inventory destroyed by the fire of other casualty
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THEORY OF ACCOUNTS
INVENTORIES
ANSWER KEY