Assume That a Purchase Invoice for $1,000 Was Appropriately Recorded

question 136

Multiple Choice

Assume that a purchase invoice for $1,000 was appropriately recorded in fiscal 2012, but the inventory was excluded in error during the ending inventory count. What impact will this have on fiscal 2013 financial reporting?

• A)Gross margin is understated by $1,000.
• B)Cost of goods available for sale is overstated by $1,000.
• C)Cost of sales is understated by $1,000.
• D)Beginning inventory is overstated by $1,000.

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Definitions:

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

An estimate of the amount of credit sales that are expected to become uncollectible, used to adjust accounts receivable to its net realizable value.

Bad Debt Expense

This represents the estimate of non-collectible accounts receivable that occurs in a given period, reflecting potential losses due to credit sales.

Credit Sales

Sales transactions where the payment is delayed as opposed to immediate cash payment, generating accounts receivable.

Adjusting Entry

An accounting journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the period in which they actually occurred.