Completing the accounting cycles
A. Adjusting Entries for Merchandisers Generally same as discussed in chapter 4 for a service business with an additional adjustment needed to update inventory to reflect any loss referred to as shrinkage.?xml:namespace> |
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B. Preparing Financial Statements Statements similar to service business with the following differences: |
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C. Closing Entries Similar to a service business except there are additional temporary accounts to close (sales, sales discount, sales returns and allowances, and cost of goods sold). Debit balance accounts are closed with the expense accounts to Income Summary. |