Journal Entries Must Be Made to Record the Reconciling Items

question 31

True/False

Journal entries must be made to record the reconciling items on the bank side of the reconciliation.

Understand the concept of consolidated financial statements and the necessity for eliminating intra-entity transactions.

Calculate the consolidated cost of goods sold in the presence of intra-entity transactions.

Determine the impact of intra-entity sales of inventory on consolidated financial statements.

Compute the net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest in the presence of intra-entity transactions.

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Definitions:

Ending Inventory

The monetary amount of stock available for purchase at the end of an accounting term, which is the sum of the opening inventory and purchases, less the cost of goods sold.

Retail Inventory Method

An accounting procedure for estimating the final inventory balance of a retailer by using percentages of gross margins based on sales and the cost of goods sold.

Ending Inventory

The sum value of inventory available for purchase at the end of an economic period.

Beginning Inventory

The value of all the goods available for sale at the start of an accounting period; essentially the remaining inventory from the previous period.