Go to a retail business, such as a bookstore, clothing shop, gift shop, grocery store, hardware store,
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1. Merchandising Accounting:
Is the company a part of a chain or is it a small business? Does the company sell only merchandise or a combination of merchandise and services? How are sales recorded? Does the company sell on credit? If so, who decides who gets credit and what are the typical terms? Does the company buy any merchandise or in the case of a chain, does it order merchandise? If it purchases merchandise, how are purchases recorded?
2. Inventory systems
How is each item of inventory identified? Does the business have a computerized or a manual inventory system? Which inventory system, periodic or perpetual, is used? How often do employees take a physical inventory? What procedures are followed in taking a physical inventory? What kinds of inventory reports are prepared or received?
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Principles of Accounting
ISBN: 978-0618736614
10th edition
Authors: Belverd Needles, Marian Powers, Susan Crosson
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