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1. How Does Income Measurement Differ Between A Merchandising And A Service Company?

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Alan Ma - Accounting 114 Professor Galletta
Homework #9 10/3/2017
Read Chapter 5 - Questions (page 242) 4, 6, 7, 17, 18 4. How does income measurement differ between a merchandising and a service company? A merchandising company’s primarily focuses on the merchandise of tangible products, while a service company offers labor for a price. These differences change the way we measure income, because we have to consider depreciation on the merchandise we are selling. On the contrary, a service company is exempt from depreciation due to their intangibility. Measuring these two companies require a different set of procedures to get an accurate result. We can also consider that there would be two different types of expenses, a merchandising company would regard the cost of the goods sold. While a servicing company evaluates the operating expenses for their services. Although measuring income for companies can be similar, it is apparent that there are subtle differences. …show more content…

Distinguish between FOB shipping point and FOB destination. Identify the freight terms that will result in a debit to Inventory by the buyer and a debit to Freight-Out by the seller. The acronym FOB is defined as Free On Board. FOB shipping point means that the goods are sold at the shipping point at the seller’s location. FOB destination means that the goods are sold on board to the buyer’s place of business. If the sale occured at a shipping point then the buyer will record it as a debit to Inventory. However, if the sale occured at a FOB destination then the seller will record it as a debit to

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