Q. Advantages of Weighted-average?

Weighted-average: Advantages because of the averaging process the effects of year-end buying or not buying is lessened. Drawback Manipulation of income is possible.

- Perpetual inventory procedure needs an entry to Merchandise Inventory whenever goods are returned, sold, purchased or otherwise adjusted so that inventory records reflect actual units on hand at all times. Therefore an entry is required to record cost of goods sold for each sale.

- Companies must not carry goods in inventory at more than their net realizable value. Net realizable value is the approximate selling price of an item less the estimated costs incurred in preparing the item for sale and selling it. Inventory items are written down to market value while the market value is less than the cost of the items. If market value is more than cost the increase in value isn't recognized. LCM may perhaps be applied to each inventory item every inventory class or total inventory.