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One key difference appears when comparing the income statements of a manufacturing company to a merchandising company. What is that difference?

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Manufacturing companies use work in process, raw materials, and finished goods inventory balances to calculate cost of goods sold, while merchandising companies use only merchandise inventory balances.

Cost of goods manufactured is subtracted from sales to get gross profit on a manufacturing income statement, while cost of goods purchased is subtracted from sales to get gross profit on a merchandising income statement.

Cost of goods sold equals the cost of merchandise purchased for a merchandising company, while cost of goods sold equals the cost of raw materials purchased for a manufacturing company.

Manufacturing companies use cost of goods manufactured and merchandising companies use cost of goods purchased.

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