FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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(a) (1)

To determine

Annual Report is a comprehensive financial report that shows all the business activities, that takes place throughout the previous financial year. Its purpose is to provide the complete information of a company’s financial activities, to its users in order to help them analyze, and take well informed decisions.

To Compute: The inventory turnover and days in inventory of Company A, and Company WM for 2014.

(2)

To determine

Days’ sales in inventory: Days’ sales in inventory are used to determine number of days a particular company takes to make sales of the inventory available with them.

Days' sales in inventory=Days in accounting periodInventory turnover

To Compute: The days in inventory of Company A, and Company WM for 2014.

(b)

To determine

To Describe: The conclusions concerning the management of the inventory can be drawn from the above data.

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