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If XYZ company’s beginning inventory (the closing inventory journal entry) is $50,000, this is the only amount in that account. The inventory account balance needs to be adjusted from a $50,000 debit balance to a debit balance of $60,000. For a merchandising company, Merchandise Inventory falls under the prepaid expense category since we purchase inventory in advance of using (selling) it.

The additional accounts include sales, sales returns and allowances, sales discounts, purchases, purchases returns and allowances, purchases discounts, and freight‐in. Hey Jshoplist, If I’m reading your posts correctly the total quantity should be 2 not 4? If so the reason you’re having this problem is that you made the initial quantity 2 and then added 2 more with the expense/purchase. If you are going to enter the 2 through the purchase then your initial quantity needs to be set at 0. If you edit the inventory item look under „Quantity on Hand” there should be a clickable „starting value” click that and adjust your starting quantity to 0.

Beginning merchandise inventory had a balance before adjustment of $3,150. The inventory at period end should be $7,872, requiring an entry to increase merchandise inventory by $4,722. Cost of goods sold was calculated to be $8,283, which should be recorded as an expense.

How to Adjust Inventory Entries

Next, we’ll look at how inventory is presented on the financial statements, along with disclosures and an analysis of what happens when inventory is under or overstated. Included in cost of goods sold for the years ended June 30, 2019, and 2018, are inventory write-offs of $0 and $692,000, respectively. The write-offs reflect inventories related to why you have to file a tax return discontinued product lines, excess repair parts, product rejected for quality standards, and other non-performing inventories. It just depends on how you want to capture the data for your own internal and external reporting purposes. Assessing LCNRV by class also reduced ending inventory, which reduced gross profit and net income (third column).

Inventory losses are usually small and may be added to the cost of goods sold on the income statement. A large inventory loss, such as stock destroyed by a fire, should be listed separately. Inventory is an asset for a firm, and it must be correctly valued to comply with generally accepted accounting principles. An item may be written off on purpose, as when managers take stock from the shelves to use for display purposes.

Journal entry to increase inventory

Using a 10-column worksheet is an optional step companies may use in their accounting process. The inventory account’s initial balance stays the same until the accounting period is over. Then, there are physical counts of the inventory to determine its value at that time. The inventory account’s balance is then updated with inventory adjustment entries.

For the rest of the year, the COGS was automatically recorded with each sale as the inventory asset account was simultaneously reduced. The problem is that by year-end the COGS balance is artificially high. Staff did do an inventory count at year-end, and I made adjusting journal entries to correct the inventory asset account balance.

How to Adjust Inventory for Loss

After entering the quantity (On Hand), you’ll no longer need to use the inventory adjustment. This also applies when you create the purchase transaction of the item manually. Please see this article for more information about adjusting your inventory quantity or value in QuickBooks Desktop. Applying LCNRV to total inventory gave us a NRV of $274,610 (see Inventory List in prior reading) which was higher than total cost, so there would be no adjustment necessary. We just left each inventory item listed at cost, even though some of the items had an NRV less than cost (first column). When you prepare a balance sheet, you must first have the most updated retained earnings balance.

• This means revenues exceed expenses, thus giving the company a net income.
• The business now has an ending inventory of 4,000 in its balance sheet.
• Service Revenue had a $9,500 credit balance in the trial balance column, and a $600 credit balance in the Adjustments column.
• Ending inventory was made up of 10 units at $21 each, 65 units at $27 each, and 210 units at $33 each, for a total specific identification ending inventory value of $8,895.

The physical inventory is used to calculate the amount of the adjustment. Following that logic, ending inventory included 150 units purchased at $21 and 135 units purchased at $27 each, for a total LIFO periodic ending inventory value of $6,795. Subtracting this ending inventory from the $16,155 total of goods available for sale leaves $9,360 in cost of goods sold this period. Following that logic, ending inventory included 210 units purchased at $33 and 75 units purchased at $27 each, for a total FIFO periodic ending inventory value of $8,955.

Record Indirect Production Costs in Overhead

Cost of goods sold was calculated to be $7,200, which should be recorded as an expense. The credit entry to balance the adjustment is for $13,005, which is the total amount that was recorded as purchases for the period. This entry distributes the balance in the purchases account between the inventory that was sold (cost of goods sold) and the amount of inventory that remains at period end (merchandise inventory).

The gross margin, resulting from the specific identification periodic cost allocations of $7,260, is shown in Figure 10.6. Ending inventory was made up of 10 units at $21 each, 65 units at $27 each, and 210 units at $33 each, for a total specific identification ending inventory value of $8,895. Subtracting this ending inventory from the $16,155 total of goods available for sale leaves $7,260 in cost of goods sold this period. The obvious method of finding the ending inventory is for the business to carry out a physical inventory count at the end of each month, and then to value its inventory using the appropriate Average, LIFO or FIFO method. However, it is not always practical to carry out a physical count and an estimation method is often used.

In this case we added a debit of $4,665 to the income statement column. This means we must add a credit of $4,665 to the balance sheet column. Once we add the $4,665 to the credit side of the balance sheet column, the two columns equal $30,140.

Let’s return to the example of The Spy Who Loves You Corporation to demonstrate the four cost allocation methods, assuming inventory is updated at the end of the period using the periodic system. Part of that income statement is the calculation of gross profit which is determined as follows. Feel free to reach back out if you still need with your inventory items. By default, the affected accounts in this adjustment are the Inventory Asset and the Opening Balance Equity accounts.

Recognizing that loss in the year incurred (rather than waiting for them to sell, if ever) brought gross profit down from $807,296 to $755,481, and of course that reduced net income by the same amount (second column). You may notice that dividends are included in our 10-column worksheet balance sheet columns even though this account is not included on a balance sheet. There is actually a very good reason we put dividends in the balance sheet columns. Figure 10.14 shows the gross margin, resulting from the specific identification perpetual cost allocations of $7,260. Deferrals refer to revenues and expenses that have been received or paid in advance, respectively, and have been recorded, but have not yet been earned or used. Unearned revenue, for instance, accounts for money received for goods not yet delivered.

The next step is to record information in the adjusted trial balance columns. Looking at the asset section of the balance sheet, Accumulated Depreciation–Equipment is included as a contra asset account to equipment. The accumulated depreciation ($75) is taken away from the original cost of the equipment ($3,500) to show the book value of equipment ($3,425). The accounting equation is balanced, as shown on the balance sheet, because total assets equal $29,965 as do the total liabilities and stockholders’ equity. Total expenses are subtracted from total revenues to get a net income of $4,665. If total expenses were more than total revenues, Printing Plus would have a net loss rather than a net income.