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A corporation entered into a purchase commitment to buy inventory.

At the end of the accounting period, the current market value of the inventory was less than the fixed purchase price by a material amount. Which of the following accounting treatments is most appropriate?

A. Describe the nature of the contract in a note to the financial statements, recognize a loss in the income statement, and recognize a liability for the accrued loss.

B. Describe the nature of the contract and the estimated amount of the loss in a note to the financial statements, but do not recognize a loss in the income statement.

C. Describe the nature of the contract in a note to the financial statements, recognize a loss in the income statement, and recognize a reduction in inventory equal to the amount of the loss by use of a valuation account.

D. Neither describe the purchase obligation nor recognize a loss on the income statement or balance sheet.

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Date Posted: 2015/02/24
Mohammed Shahid Ullah
by Mohammed Shahid Ullah , Executive Director (Finance) , Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited

Neither describe the purchase obligation nor recognize a loss on the income statement or balance sheet

jesus camacho
by jesus camacho , SAFETY ENGINEER , ARCELORMITTAL

C. Describe the nature of the contract in a note to the financial statements, recognize a loss in the income statement, and recognize a reduction in inventory equal to the amount of the loss by use of a valuation account.

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