Under the Perpetual Inventory System

question 165

Multiple Choice

Under the perpetual inventory system,

• A) continuous records of the quantity and cost of inventory items are kept as they are bought and sold.
• B) up-to-date information about product availability is more accessible to managers.
• C) the cost of inventory items purchased for resale is recorded in the Merchandise Inventory account.
• D) all of these are correct.

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