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A retailer wishes to report its merchandise inventory on balance sheet at its retail value. This would violate which accounting principle/guideline?

A retailer wishes to report its merchandise inventory on its balance sheet at its retail value. This would violate which accounting principle/guideline? A) Cost B) Full Disclosure c) Monetary Unit

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Question ajoutée par خالد ابراهيم , Senior Accountant , Al Khayyat Group /Peugeot and Mazda Automative agent in Jordan
Date de publication: 2013/11/01
Rehan Qureshi
par Rehan Qureshi , Financial Consultant , Self Employeed

150% its option A) Cost 

Menerva Melad
par Menerva Melad , Account Executive, Key Accounts , Graphic Home Company

A) Cost

Muhammad Faheem
par Muhammad Faheem , Consultant- Accounts, Audit & Taxation , Basim Associates

As per IAS-2, inventory is measured at lower of cost and net realizable value. It also outlines acceptable methods of determining cost, including specific identification method (in some cases), FIFO, and weighted average cost method.

The standard cost and retail price methods may also be used for measurement of cost, provided that the results approximate actual cost.

The option A is correct. 

Utilisateur supprimé
par Utilisateur supprimé

 

c) Monetary Unit

 

ANGSHUMAN DAS
par ANGSHUMAN DAS , General Manager SCM & Ops , King Global Fz LLC

First of all - MERCHANDISE INVENTORY is not  recognized as true Inventory  for a RETAILER  since these stock are almost like consignment stocks wherein there ownership is still with the supplier of the product.

 

The buying organisation  ( RETAIL UNITS ) liability to pay comes , once the said product is sold . So unless the inventory is acquired by the Merchandising organising they are not true inventory - or valued in the books of accounts . 

 

Unlike normal stock , when its received we book Creditors and show the value of the STOCK as assets in the P& L  and Balance sheet .

The ownership of the merchadise inventory is still with the merchandising organising and not with the RETAIL unit .

 

So unless there is any stock acquisition done by the RETAIL Unit , it cannot be shown as STOCKs in the books of accounts 

 

 

Mohamed Said
par Mohamed Said , Financial Controller , Esol Education

A) Cost

It violates the cost principle as it has to be valued by its cost until it is sold then he report the retail value as sales then deduct the cost of goods to get the contribution margin

pravitha nottath
par pravitha nottath , Customer Service Representative , Tanfeeth enbd.group

cost

Ravshanbek Abdullaev
par Ravshanbek Abdullaev , Accountant , Fajr Al Mustaqbal General Trading LLC

Historical cost concept

Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi
par Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi , Group Credit Controller , Gps Group,Dubai.

 

Inventory should valued at cost price or market price which ever is lower in the financial statement.

 

Joshi Mathew

CIA #1036906

rabinkumar rai
par rabinkumar rai , QAQC Supervisor , The Sultan Center

Merchandise inventory is value for each unit of the product.

ADITYA SHARMA
par ADITYA SHARMA , Manager , DELOITTE AND TOUCHE

Option A is correct answer