After completing this chapter you should be able to: Describe and apply the lower-of-cost-or-market rule, explain when companies value inventories at net realizable value, explain when companies use the relative sales value method to value inventories, discuss accounting issues related to purchase other contents. | C H A P T E R 9 INVENTORIES: ADDITIONAL VALUATION ISSUES Intermediate Accounting 13th Edition Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield Describe and apply the lower-of-cost-or-market rule. Explain when companies value inventories at net realizable value. Explain when companies use the relative sales value method to value inventories. Discuss accounting issues related to purchase commitments. Determine ending inventory by applying the gross profit method. Determine ending inventory by applying the retail inventory method. Explain how to report and analyze inventory. Learning Objectives 1. On the topic, “Challenges Facing Financial Accounting,” what did the AICPA Special Committee on Financial Reporting suggest should be included in future financial statements? Non-financial Measurements (customer satisfaction indexes, backlog information, and reject rates on goods purchases). Forward-looking Information Soft Assets (a company’s know-how, market dominance, marketing setup, well-trained employees, and brand image). Timeliness (no real time financial information) Net realizable value Relative sales value Purchase commitments Lower-of-Cost-or-Market Valuation Bases Gross Profit Method Retail Inventory Method Presentation and Analysis Ceiling and floor How LCM works Application of LCM “Market” Evaluation of rule Gross profit percentage Evaluation of method Concepts Conventional method Special items Evaluation of method Presentation Analysis Inventories: Additional Valuation Issues Service Cost - Actuaries compute service cost as the present value of the new benefits earned by employees during the year. Future salary levels considered in calculation. Interest on Liability - Interest accrues each year on the PBO just as it does on any discounted debt. Actual Return on Plan Assets - Increase in pension funds from interest, dividends, and realized and unrealized changes in the fair market value of the plan assets. Amortization of Unrecognized Prior Service Cost - The cost of providing . | C H A P T E R 9 INVENTORIES: ADDITIONAL VALUATION ISSUES Intermediate Accounting 13th Edition Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield Describe and apply the lower-of-cost-or-market rule. Explain when companies value inventories at net realizable value. Explain when companies use the relative sales value method to value inventories. Discuss accounting issues related to purchase commitments. Determine ending inventory by applying the gross profit method. Determine ending inventory by applying the retail inventory method. Explain how to report and analyze inventory. Learning Objectives 1. On the topic, “Challenges Facing Financial Accounting,” what did the AICPA Special Committee on Financial Reporting suggest should be included in future financial statements? Non-financial Measurements (customer satisfaction indexes, backlog information, and reject rates on goods purchases). Forward-looking Information Soft Assets (a company’s know-how, market dominance, marketing setup, well-trained employees, .
