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  2. Purchase price allocation - Wikipedia

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    Purchase price allocations are performed in conformity with the purchase method of merger and acquisition accounting. In the United States, a second method (known as the pooling or pooling-of-interests method) was discontinued after the issuance of the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 “Business Combinations” (“ SFAS 141 ...

  3. Purchase journal - Wikipedia

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    accounting journal and it is also a prime entry book/daybook/main entry book which is used in an accounting system to keep track of the orders of items placed using accounts payable. [1] Simply a purchase journal can be defined as the main entry book which is used to record credit transactions (credit purchases) for resalable purposes. [2]

  4. Special journals - Wikipedia

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    Special journals (in the field of accounting) are specialized lists of financial transaction records which accountants call journal entries.In contrast to a general journal, each special journal records transactions of a specific type, such as sales or purchases.

  5. Goodwill (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    In order to acquire company B, company A paid $20. Hence, goodwill would be $11 ($20 − $9). The journal entry in the books of company A to record the acquisition of company B would be: [2] DR Goodwill $11 DR Accounts Receivable $10 DR Inventory $5 CR Accounts Payable $6 CR Cash $20

  6. Total cost of acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Total cost of acquisition (TCA) is a managerial accounting concept that includes all the costs associated with buying goods, services, or assets. [1]Generally, it is the net price plus other costs needed to purchase the item and get it to the point of use.

  7. Purchasing - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, purchases is the amount of goods a company bought throughout this year. It also refers to information as to the kind, quality, quantity, and cost of goods bought that should be maintained. They are added to inventory. Purchases are offset by purchase discounts and Purchase Returns and Allowances.

  8. FIFO and LIFO accounting - Wikipedia

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    FIFO and LIFO accounting are methods used in managing inventory and financial matters involving the amount of money a company has to have tied up within inventory of produced goods, raw materials, parts, components, or feedstocks. They are used to manage assumptions of costs related to inventory, stock repurchases (if purchased at different ...

  9. Inventory valuation - Wikipedia

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    To record purchases, the periodic system debits the Purchases account while the perpetual system debits the Merchandise Inventory account. To record sales, the perpetual system requires an extra entry to debit the Cost of goods sold and credit Merchandise Inventory. By recording the cost of goods sold for each sale, the perpetual inventory ...