When Costs to Purchase Inventory Regularly Decline, Which Method of Inventory

question 35

Multiple Choice

When costs to purchase inventory regularly decline, which method of inventory costing will yield the lowest gross profit and income?

• A) Gross margin.
• B) Weighted average.
• C) Specific identification.
• D) FIFO.
• E) LIFO.

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Definitions:

Uncollectible Accounts Expense

An expense account that represents money owed to a company that is not expected to be collected due to customer defaults.

Direct Write-off Method

An accounting method where bad debts or uncollectible accounts receivable are directly written off against income at the time they are deemed uncollectible.

Bad Debt Expense

The cost associated with accounts receivable that a company is unable to collect, considered as an expense on the income statement.

Accounts Receivable Turnover Ratio

A financial metric that measures how efficiently a company collects revenue from its credit sales, calculated by dividing net credit sales by average accounts receivable.