Ballard Company uses the perpetual inventory system. The company purchased $10,000 of merchandise from Andes Company under the t
erms 2/10, net/30. Ballard paid for the merchandise within 10 days and also paid $450 freight to obtain the goods under terms FOB shipping point. All of the merchandise purchased was sold for $19,000 cash. What is the amount of gross margin that resulted from these business events
When a company sells different securities together (this usually happens during mergers and acquisitions):
and the price of all the securities is not certain, the incremental method will first allocate proceeds to the sale of securities whose price is actually certain. The remaining proceeds will be allocated to the securities whose price is uncertain. E.g. total sales $10 million, stocks worth $5 million were sold and bonds worth ? million were sold. The company will allocate $5 million to stocks and $5 million to bonds.
and the price of all the securities is certain, the proportional method allocates the sales proceeds proportionally among the different securities sold. E.g. total sales $10 million, stocks worth $5 million were sold and bonds worth $3 million were sold. The company will allocate ($5/$8) x $10 million = $6.25 million to stocks and $3.75 to bonds.
