Loose Leaf for Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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Author: John J Wild
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 1DQ
Summary Introduction
Concept introduction:
Based on the nature of business organizations are divided into two major categories; merchandising companies and service companies.
To identify: the items which appear in the financial statements of merchandising companies but not in the financial statements of service companies.
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The merchandising companies deal with the physical products for example trading of grocery items, but service companies provide services and do not deal with any physical product.
The items which appear in the financial statements of merchandising companies but not in the financial statements of servicing companies are as follows:
Manufacturing costs - Work in process inventory
- Finished goods inventory
- Sales revenue
- Cost of goods sold
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Loose Leaf for Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
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