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Chapter 8 Accounting Terms
Spiceland Accounting - 6th edition
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Accounting
Undergraduate 3
12/15/2012

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Term
Inventory for a manufaturing company consists of ____, ____, and ____.
Definition
raw materials, work in process, and finished goods.
Term
A ____ inventory system continuously tracks and records both changes in inventory quantity and inventory cost.
Definition
perpetual
Term
A ____ inventory system adjusts inventory and records both changes in inventory quantity and inventory cost.
Definition
periodic
Term
Inventory shipped ____ is included in the purchaser's inventory as soon as the merchandise is shipped.
Definition
f.o.b. shipping
Term
Inventory shipped ____ is included in the purchaser's inventory only after it reaches the purchaser's location.
Definition
f.o.b. destination
Term
Goods held on cosignment are included in the inventory of the cosigner until ________.
Definition
sold by the consignee
Term
Purchase discount not taken are included as ____ using the gross method and as ____ using the net method.
Definition
purchases, interest expense
Term
By either the gross or net method of accounting for purchase discounts, ____ is reduced by discounts taken
Definition
net purchases
Term
The ____ method matches a specific purchase price with each item sold or each item remaining in ending inventory.
Definition
specific identification
Term
The ____ method assumes that items sold and items in ending inventory come from a mixture of all goods available for sale.
Definition
average cost
Term
The weighted-average unit cost in a perpetual inventory system becomes a moving average unit cost. A new weighted-average unit cost is calculated each time additional units are ____.
Definition
purchased.
Term
The ____ method assumes that items sold are those acquired first.
Definition
first-in, first-out (FIFO)
Term
Ending inventory applying the ____ method consists of items acquired first. 
Definition
LIFO
Term
If unit costs are ____, LIFO will result in a higher cost of goods sold and lower ending inventory than FIFO.
Definition
increasing.
Term
IRS regulations require that if a company uses LIFO to measure ____, the company must also use LIFO for ____.
Definition
taxable income, external financial reporting
Term
If costs have been rising, LIFO liquidations produce ____ net income than would have resulted if the liquidated inventory were included in cost of goods sold at current costs.
Definition
higher
Term
The ____ indicates the percentage of each sales dollar available to cover expenses and provide a profit.
Definition
gross profit ratio
Term
Dollar-value LIFO views inventory as a quantity of ____ instead of a physical quantity of goods. 
Definition
value
Term
The starting point in dollar-value LIFO is determining the current year's ending inventory valued at ____ costs.
Definition
year-end
Term
Step 3 of the dollar-value LIFO technique converts each layer's base year cost to layer year cost using the ____.
Definition
cost index for the year it was acquired.
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