1.
Inventory
should be valued at lower of cost and Net Realisable Value (NRV).
2.
Cost of
Good Sold = Opening Inventory + Purchase – Closing Inventory
3. Unsold Goods :
Unsold goods stay in the
Inventory. So the purchase cost should not be included therefore in the cost of
sales of the period.
4.
Carriage
Inwards is included in the cost of purchase.
5.
Carriage
outward is not included in the cost of purchase it is a selling expense.
6.
Written
down:
Goods in inventory which are either worthless or worthless than
their original cost. Then what will do?
1. Nothing,
if they are worthless.
2. Their net realisable value, if this is less
than their original cost.
7.
Journal
for Closing inventory :
Debit Inventory
Account (Closing Inventory Value)
Credit Income
and Expense Account
8.
Journal
for Opening inventory :
Debit Income and Expense Account
Credit Inventory
Account (Opening Inventory Value)
9.
Cost can
be arrived at by using FIFO or AVCO (Weighted
average costing)
10. Net
Realisable Value:
Inventories might be valued at their
expected selling price, less any cost still to be incurred in getting them ready for sale and then
selling them. This amount is referred to as the net realisable value (NRV) of the inventories.
11. For finish goods :
Fixed and variable production overheads that
are incurred in converting material into finished goods.
DISCLOSURE
DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE
ü
Accounting
Policies adopted in measuring inventories.
ü
Total
carrying amount of inventories and the carrying amount in classifications
appropriate to the entity.
ü
Carrying
amount of inventories carried at NRV