Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Perpetual and Periodic inventory systems

Perpetual inventory system maintains a detailed inventory record for each type of inventory and in this system each purchase and sale during the accounting period will be recorded.

Periodic inventory system does not maintain up-to-date record of inventory. In this system, ending inventory and cost of goods sold are determined at the end of the accounting period based on a physical count.

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