1. Chapter 8 Purchasing/Human Resources/Payment Process: Recording and Evaluating Expenditure Process Activities Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.McGraw-Hill/Irwin

2. 8-2 What are the 4 Primary Expenditure Process Activities? Determine the need for goods/services Select suppliers and order goods/services Receive goods/services Pay suppliers of goods/services

3. 8-3 What is the Basic Flow of Information as Described in the Flowchart? Inventory control determines the need for inventory and notifies purchasing Purchasing places an order with a vendor Receiving notifies accounts payable that goods have been received Accounts payable compares the purchase order, receiving report, and vendor’s invoice and notifies the cashier Cashier pays the vendor General ledger updated

4. 8-4 What are Special Journals and Subsidiary Ledgers Special journals  Recurring, frequent transactions (events)  Replaces the general journal for these events  Purchases on account, sales on account, cash receipts, cash payments Subsidiary ledger  Details regarding specific general ledger accounts  Supports, but does not replace, general ledger  Accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory

5. 8-5 What is the Difference between Merchandising and Manufacturing Inventories? Merchandising  Inventory purchased to be resold  Merchandise Inventory account Manufacturing  Inventory purchased to be used to make products  Raw Materials Inventory account

6. 8-6 What is the Difference between Periodic and Perpetual Inventory Systems? Periodic  Determine ending inventory and cost of goods sold (Chapter 10) at the end of the period Perpetual  Determine cost of goods sold (Chapter 10) and ending inventory on a continuous basis

7. 8-7 How are Inventory Activities Recorded in a Periodic System? Purchase  Debit Purchases  Credit Accounts Payable Return or allowance  Debit Accounts Payable  Credit Purchase Returns and Allowances Freight or insurance on purchases  Debit Freight-in (Insurance-in)  Credit Accounts Payable (Cash)

8. 8-8 How are Inventory Activities Recorded in a Perpetual System? Purchase  Debit Inventory  Credit Accounts Payable Return or allowance  Debit Accounts Payable  Credit Inventory Freight or insurance on purchases  Debit Inventory  Credit Accounts Payable (Cash)

9. 8-9 What is the Difference between the Net Price and Gross Price Methods? Net price  Purchases and purchase returns/allowances are recorded net of the available discount  Discounts lost are recorded separately Gross price  Purchases and purchase returns/allowances are recorded at the gross price  Discounts taken are recorded separately

10. 8-10 What is the Basic Flow of Information in the Payroll Process? Employees record time worked on time cards and factory records time worked on time tickets Timekeeping compares time cards and time tickets Payroll records time worked, deductions, etc. Accounts payable approves payroll and notifies cashier Cashier pays employees

11. 8-11 What is the Difference between Gross and Net Pay from the Employer’s Point of View? Gross pay—salary and wage expense (amount incurred in an attempt to generate revenue) Net pay—cash outflow to employees Withholdings—liabilities to pay the entity to which the funds belong

12. 8-12 What is the Difference between Salary/Wage Expense and Payroll Tax Expense? Salary/wage expense—expense incurred from using employees in an attempt to generate revenue Payroll tax expense—expense incurred due to having employees (matching FICA and unemployment taxes)

13. 8-13 When are Expenses Recognized? When incurred, regardless of when cash is paid. Assume December 31 year for examples that follow.  Example #1—receive a utility bill in December, pay the bill in January, expense is recognized in ? December  Example #2—pay insurance for 6 months in November, recognize 2 months of insurance expense in ? December  Example #3—pay the local newspaper in December for an ad to be run in December, recognize expense in ? December

14. 8-14 How are Expenditure Process Activities Communicated to Users? Income statement  Discounts lost, Loss on Inventory, other expenses  Cost of goods sold (Chapter 10) Balance sheet  Ending balance of inventory, other assets, and liabilities Statement of cash flows  Cash paid for inventory and other expenditure process items

15. 8-15 How can we Estimate the Cash Paid for Inventory? Beginning inventory (balance sheet) + Net purchases (calculated) = Maximum inventory available Cost of goods sold (income statement) = Ending inventory (balance sheet) Then, Beginning accounts payable (balance sheet) + Net purchases (from inventory account) = Maximum amount owed to suppliers Cash paid for inventory (calculated) = Ending accounts payable (balance sheet)