Q. What is Perpetual inventory records?

Perpetual inventory records Even though companies could apply perpetual inventory procedure by hand tracking units and dollars in and out of inventory is much easier using a computer. Both manual as well as computer processing maintain a record for each item in inventory. Observe Exhibit 48 an inventory record for Entertainment World a firm that sells several different brands of television sets. This inventory record illustrates the information on one particular brand and model of television set carried in inventory. Other information on the record comprises (a) the maximum and minimum number of units the company wishes to stock at any time (b) when and how many units were acquired and at what cost and (c) when and how many units were sold and what cost was assigned to cost of goods sold. The numbers of units on hand as well as their cost are readily available also.