Mastering Financial Accounting: Sales, Inventory, and Fraud Prevention

Chapter 5: Sales Revenue and Gross Profit

Sales Revenue – Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) = Gross Profit

Gross Profit – Operating Expenses = Net Loss

Gross Profit / Net Sales = Gross Profit Rate

Sales Revenue – Sales Returns and Allowances = Net Sales

COGS is an expense account.

  • Perpetual System: Constantly keeps inventory data up to date.
  • Periodic System: Does not maintain detailed, continuous inventory records.

Cost of inventory includes purchase price and shipping charges.

  • FOB Shipping Point: Free for the seller;
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Daisy Miller: American Innocence and European Decadence

Cultural Clash in Henry James’ Novella

The American expatriates presented in Daisy Miller are well integrated into European society, having adopted its beliefs and values. They assume a European identity, thus suffering a shift from innocence to decadence, emphasized in the opposition with the American tourists, representing the typology of the innocent. Europe is a space of resistance against innocence; conversely, America is a space of resistance against decadence. Thus, the reader deals with a

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