Outline Flow of inventory cost Items and costs of merchandising inventory Assigning costs to inventory Lower of cost or market Errors in measuring inventory Inventory estimating method

Outline Merchandising activities Operating cycle of merchandising companies Merchandising cost accounts Inventory systems Merchandise purchases Sales transactions Adjusting and closing entries

Outline Describe the preparation of adjusted trial balance Describe and prepare a worksheet and describe its usefulness. Describe the closing process and explain why temporary accounts are closed each period. Prepare closing entries

Outline Describe the purpose of adjusting accounts at the end of the period. Prepare and explain adjusting entries for prepaid expenses, amortization, unearned revenues, accrued expenses, and accrued revenues. Explain how accounting adjustments link to financial statements

Outline Accounts Detailed Description of Various Accounts T- Accounts Rules of Debits and Credits Double-entry- Accounting Illustrated Application of Rules

Outline Enterprises Accounting Transactions, Accounting Events, and Accounting Circumstances Economic Activities and Accounting Elements Accounting Equation

Outline The nature of firm; The value of accounting; The Evolution of accounting; Accounting: bird view Task Team of FUNDAMENTALACCOUNTING, Business School, Yat-sen University

Lesson notes Lesson 9: Financial Statements Learning objectives 1. Learn what financial statements are and how these accounting tools work in their future profession 2. Be acquainted with the functions and formats of these financial statements 3. Learn some details relating to preparation of these financial statements

Learning objectives 1. Describe the principles of properly designed accounting systems. 2. Describe and illustrate the principles of internal control of accounting information systems. 3. Describe and illustrate the use oft special journals and subsidiary ledgers to process accounting data more efficiently

Lesson Notes Lesson 7 Merchandise Inventories and Cost of Sales Learning Objectives 1. Identify the items included in merchandise inventory 2. Identify the costs of merchandise inventory. 3. Compute the cost of goods sold and ending merchandise inventory in a perpetual system using the costing methods of specific