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8-1


CHAPTER

8

VALUATION OF INVENTORIES:
A COST-BASIS APPROACH

Intermediate Accounting
13th Edition
Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield
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8-2


Learning
Learning Objectives
Objectives
1.

Identify major classifications of inventory.

2.

Distinguish between perpetual and periodic inventory systems.

3.


Understand why companies select given inventory methods.

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8-3


Valuation
Valuation of
of Inventories:
Inventories:
Cost-Basis
Cost-Basis Approach
Approach
Inventory
Issues
Classification
Cost flow
Control
Basic inventory
valuation

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8-4

Physical
Goods
Included in
Inventory
Goods in transit
Consigned

LIFO
Disadvantages of
LIFO

Basis for
Selection
Summary of
inventory
valuation
methods


Inventory
Inventory Issues
Issues
Classification
Inventories are:
items held for sale, or
goods to be used in the production of goods to be sold.

Businesses with Inventory:
Merchandiser

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or

Manufacturer


Work in process
Finished goods

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8-7

LO 1 Identify major classifications of inventory.


Inventory
Inventory Issues
Issues
Inventory Cost Flow

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8-8

Illustration 8-2

LO 1 Identify major classifications of inventory.


Inventory
Inventory Issues
Issues
Inventory Cost Flow

Illustration 8-3

Companies use one of two types of systems for maintaining


Inventory
Inventory Cost
Cost Flow
Flow
Periodic System
1. Purchases of merchandise are debited to Purchases.
2. Ending Inventory determined by physical count.
3. Calculation of Cost of Goods Sold:
Beginning inventory
$ 100,000
Purchases, net

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8-11

800,000
Goods
availablebetween
for sale
LO 2 Distinguish
perpetual and periodic inventory systems.


Inventory
Inventory Cost
Cost Flow
Flow
Illustration: Fesmire Company had the following
transactions during the current year.

Flow
Illustration: Assume that at the end of the reporting
period, the perpetual inventory account reported an
inventory balance of $4,000. However, a physical count
indicates inventory of $3,800 is actually on hand. The entry
to record the necessary write-down is as follows.
Inventory Over and Short
Inventory

200
200

Note: Inventory Over and Short adjusts Cost of Goods Sold. In practice,
companies sometimes report Inventory Over and Short in the “Other revenues
and gains” or “Other expenses and losses” section of the income statement.
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LO 2 Distinguish between perpetual and periodic inventory systems.


Inventory
Inventory Issues
Issues
Inventory Control
All companies need periodic verification of the inventory
records by actual count, weight, or measurement, with
the counts compared with the detailed inventory
records.
Companies should take the physical inventory near the

in Inventory
Inventory Valuation
Valuation
Valuation requires determining
The physical goods (goods on hand, goods in transit,
consigned goods, special sales agreements).
The costs to include (product vs. period costs).
The cost flow assumption (FIFO, LIFO, Average cost,
Specific Identification, Retail, etc.).

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8-17

LO 2 Distinguish between perpetual and periodic inventory systems.


Physical
Physical Goods
Goods Included
Included in
in Inventory
Inventory
A company should record purchases when it obtains
legal title to the goods.
Illustration 8-6

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LO 2 Distinguish between perpetual and periodic inventory systems.

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LO 3


Effect
Effect of
of Inventory
Inventory Errors
Errors
Purchases and Inventory Misstated
Illustration 8-9

The understatement does not affect cost of goods sold and net
income because the errors offset one another.

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LO 3 Identify the effects of inventory errors on the financial statements.


Costs
Costs Included
Included in
in Inventory
Inventory
Product Costs - costs directly connected with
bringing the goods to the buyer’s place of
business and converting such goods to a salable


LO 4 Understand the items to include as inventory cost.


Which
Which Cost
Cost Flow
Flow Assumption
Assumption to
to Adopt?
Adopt?
FIFO

LIFO

Cost
Cost Flow
Flow Assumption
Assumption Adopted
Adopted
does
does not
not need
need to
to equal
equal
Physical
Physical Movement
Movement of
of Goods


One item on 2/25/11 for $20

Young & Crazy Company sells one item on 2/28/11 for
$90. What would be the balance of ending inventory and
cost of goods sold for the month ended Feb. 2011,
assuming the company used the FIFO, LIFO, Average
Cost, and Specific Identification cost flow assumptions?
Assume a tax rate of 30%.
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LO 5 Describe and compare the cost flow assumptions
used to account for inventories.