The Retail Method

question 46

Multiple Choice

The retail method:

• A) Is not an estimate
• B) Does not require a cost ratio
• C) Eliminates any need ever to take a physical inventory
• D) Aids a company in not having to calculate an inventory cost for each individual item
• E) None of these

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