196 pages [94 self-teaching + 102 self-quizzes with detailed answers]
Section 1: Introduction. What to include in merchandise costs, when and how to record the journal entries. How inventory is reported on the income statement as cost of goods sold and on the balance sheet as ending inventory.
Section 2: The perpetual method. How to compute and record journal entries for purchases (net or gross) . . . sales . . . purchase discounts . . . returns and allowances . . . customer sales returns . . . and inventory shrinkage.
Section 3: The periodic method. How to compute and record journal entries for purchases (net v. gross), sales, discounts, returns and allowances, sales returns, inventory shrinkage and closing out the inventory-related accounts at year end.
Section 4: Weighted average costing. How to compute ending inventory and COGS using weighted average costing (periodic method) and moving average costing (perpetual method).
Section 5: First-in, first-out (FIFO) costing. Clear explanations of FIFO under the perpetual v. periodic method, including how to compute and record purchases, sales, COGS and ending inventory.
Section 6: Last-in, first-out (LIFO) costing. How to compute and record purchases, sales, COGS, ending inventory and LIFO layers. When and how to compute LIFO liquidations.
Section 7: The lower of cost or net realizable value (LCNRV) rule. How to compute and apply LCNRV by item v. group v. total inventory. How to handle purchase commitments that are followed by a decline in the value of inventory, then a recovery.
Publisher: AIPB
This is a great inventory costing review for Accounting graduates like me, but it also does a great job presenting the methods and rationales of the various costing methods, including MACRS. It helped me internalize (finally) the rationale of the depreciable basis for each method, and I now have a much better understanding of MACRS.
Really helpful to have all the information in one book. The quiz really verify your understanding.
It was very interesting and I learned a lot
Great review and questions at the end of each section to help with overview of knowledge.
Good class and informative
Easy read and chapters are well organized.
Course curriculum its really professional. Its recall my mind which I had study before.
Clarity of the topic and easy examples to understand. Topic on Cost or Market Valuation of inventory provided useful guideline. It would have been more beneficiary if there had been more question on the topic for practice purposes. However, again a very well defined and easy to follow and understand each head of inventory valuation.
It was very interesting and I learned a lot
excellent
Amazing book.
Book and instructor covered material well.
4.5 stars
Each chapter is very thorough and comprehensive. The combination of explanation and exercises prepare us to complete the final exam successfully.
This was a straight forward class that exceeded my expectations. Everything was well written and complete in subject matter.
I learned a lot from this book.
Enjoyed learning about Inventory in this series. I was new to the topic other than from previous short courses to understood current methods used in the businesses I supported at the time. Further, this book provided me well understood explanations on each method of Inventory used. Found that FIFO was much easier for me to understand in both the periodic and perpetual methods than LIFO’s periodic method. In fact, the LIFO section took more time to understand. In summary, I would highly recommend learning Inventory from this book as its thorough and provides example problems that are relatable to what is currently required in todays’ business world. The quizzes are the most important and should be taken over and over to fully understand each method. I found reading each section fully 2-4 times was beneficial to completing the Final Exam in less time. I had taken a trial of the final exam, and still had some difficulty with some of the questions that took me a bit longer to answer. Overall, the Final exam (back of book) requires at least 2 1/2 hours, however it took me almost 4, as some of the questions took me back to reference the material, and was helpful in correcting the wrong ideas I had at the time.
Found it very thorough.
Enough information with out overload.
very good
Very good course
Need more explanation on each lesson for entry level students
I learned so much about inventory.
Very Concise and examples were easy to follow
Need interactive study materials online. Not just PDF versions of books
It’s useful
Very insightful, and easy to understand.
The course had some fun and challenging problems.
I would have liked to have seen more problems as this is a complicating subject. And more space to work the problems.
,I like the quizzes, and the examples are well written.