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  2. Cost of goods sold - Wikipedia

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    The oldest cost (i.e., the first in) is then matched against revenue and assigned to cost of goods sold. Last-In First-Out (LIFO) is the reverse of FIFO. Some systems permit determining the costs of goods at the time acquired or made, but assigning costs to goods sold under the assumption that the goods made or acquired last are sold first.

  3. Financial accounting - Wikipedia

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    Merchandise inventory - consists of goods and services a firm currently owns until it ends up getting sold; Investee companies - expected to be held less than one financial period; prepaid expenses - expenses paid for in advance for use during that year; Non-current assets include fixed or long-term assets and intangible assets: fixed (long ...

  4. Gross margin - Wikipedia

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    Some retailers use margins because profits are easily calculated from the total of sales. If margin is 30%, then 30% of the total of sales is the profit. If markup is 30%, the percentage of daily sales that are profit will not be the same percentage. Some retailers use markups because it is easier to calculate a sales price from a cost.

  5. Inventory turnover - Wikipedia

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    However, cost of sales is recorded by the firm at what the firm actually paid for the materials available for sale. Additionally, firms may reduce prices to generate sales in an effort to cycle inventory. In this article, the terms "cost of sales" and "cost of goods sold" are synonymous. An item whose inventory is sold (turns over) once a year ...

  6. Income statement - Wikipedia

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    Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) / Cost of Sales - represents the direct costs attributable to goods produced and sold by a business (manufacturing or merchandizing). It includes material costs, direct labour, and overhead costs (as in absorption costing), and excludes operating costs (period costs) such as selling, administrative, advertising or R&D ...

  7. Asset - Wikipedia

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    Assets represent value of ownership that can be converted into cash (although cash itself is also considered an asset). [1] The balance sheet of a firm records the monetary [2] value of the assets owned by that firm. It covers money and other valuables belonging to an individual or to a business. [1] Total assets can also be called the balance ...

  8. Liquid assets vs. fixed assets: What’s the difference? - AOL

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    These assets are tangible in nature, meaning they have a physical form you can touch and see. In a business context, fixed assets such as buildings, machinery, vehicles, and office equipment are ...

  9. Trading statement - Wikipedia

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    Using the example above, we can clearly determine all three variables (sales, cost of sales, and gross profit), as all of the information is provided in the question. If for instance, the question did not stipulate both the sales and the cost of sales figures, though the gross profit figure was given, a ratio calculation can then be performed.