What Is Trading Account
Trading Account is prepared to calculate the Gross Profit of an entity for a particular time period. Time period may be 1 year, 3 months or 1 month.Trading Account shows following items:
- Sales / Revenues
- Sales Returns
- Cost of Sales and
- Gross Profit
Cost of Sales = Opening Stock (Inventories) + Purchases - Closing Stock (Inventories)
Gross Profit = Sales - Cost of Sales
Example:
·
ABC
Company has following details
·
Inventory
at 1st September, 2017 = $100
·
Purchases
of stock during the year = $300
·
Inventory
at 31ST August, 2018 = $150
·
Sales
for the year = $400
1)
Calculate
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit?
2)
Prepare
Trading Account for the year 2018
Solution:
1)
Cost of
sales = $100 + $300 – $150
= $250
Gross profit = $400
- $250 = $150
2)
ABC Company
Trading Account for the year ended 21
August, 2018
$ $
Revenue
400
Less: Cost of
sales
Inventories 1
September 100
Purchases 300
Inventories at 31
August 2018 (150) 250
Gross profit
150
*Inventories are valued at lower of
cost or net realizable value
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