Week 4 DQ2

What are the journal entries a merchandising organization would use to record the purchase and subsequent sale of merchandise? How would these transactions differ with a periodic versus a perpetual inventory system?

The perpetual system of inventory keeps a running tally of inventory that is live and this is done by automatically making changes to the inventory as each item is sold, freight cost, returned, or discounted items. The periodic system keeps track of the inventory but does not take into consideration costs for freight; items sold, returned, or discounted items. The periodic system updates its inventory by taking a count at the end of the period and subtracting the ending inventory from the available goods or

Goods available beginning inventory purchases

Sale of...