Indicate How Each Event Affects the Horizontal Financial Statements Model

question 48

Essay

Indicate how each event affects the horizontal financial statements model. Use the following letters to record your answer in the box shown below each element. If an event increases one account and decreases another account equally within the same element, record I/D. If an event has no impact on the element, record NA. You do not need to enter amounts.
Increase = I Decrease = D Not Affected = NA
Stan's Surf Shack purchased 5 surfboards for $200 each. Later it purchased 2 more surfboards for $250 each. Stan's uses the perpetual inventory system. Assume that 6 surfboards were sold during the period for $350 cash each.
How would the sale of the six surfboards affect the financial statements if Stan's Surf Shack uses the FIFO inventory cost flow method? Assume the surfboards were sold to customers for more than their original cost.

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Definitions:

Noncontrolling Interest

A stake in a corporation where the shareholder owns less than a majority of the company's shares, without significant control over its strategic decisions.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used by a company to record its investment in another company when it has significant influence but not full control.

Consolidated Financial Statements

Financial statements that present the assets, liabilities, equity, income, expenses, and cash flows of a parent company and its subsidiaries as one single entity.