The Direct Write-Off Method Is the Preferred Way to Apply

question 91

True/False

The direct write-off method is the preferred way to apply the accrual basis for measuring bad-debt expense since it matches revenues and expenses on the income statement.

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Definitions:

Ending Inventory

The value of goods available for sale at the end of an accounting period, calculated by adding new purchases to beginning inventory and subtracting cost of goods sold.

Perpetual Inventory Account

An accounting method that records inventory purchases and sales in real time, providing a continuously updated inventory balance.

FIFO

"First In, First Out", an inventory valuation method where the costs of the oldest inventory items are the first to be recognized in determining cost of goods sold.

LIFO

"Last In, First Out," an inventory valuation method where the last items added to inventory are the first ones to be used or sold.