June 1, 2022

Inventory—New SUV

Assets

INVENTORY—NEW SUV ASSET ACCOUNT
1320


ACCOUNT EXPLANATION
Cost of new SUV, SUV bodies and equipment on hand, including labor and material charges for dealer-installed options and accessories. Cost excluded holdback on vehicles purchased from Ford Motor Company. New vehicles purchased from the company should be recorded in inventory at cost, excluding the vehicle holdback.
TRANSACTIONS
Jrnl. Dr. Cr.
New SUV purchased on wholesale floor plan VP
Inventory—New SUV 1320
Ford Receivable—Vehicle Holdback 1160
Ford Receivable—Other Ford Programs 1200
Notes Payable—New Vehicles & Demonstrators 2000
Check received for new SUV transferred to another dealer at a gain CR
Cash in Bank—General 1001
Inventory—New SUV 1320
Cost of Sales—Dealer Transfers (amount of gain) 4640
(Receiving dealer should charge Account 1320, Inventory—New SUV, with the purchase cost of the vehicle)
Costing of new SUV sold at retail NV
Cost of Sales—New SUV—Retail & Fleet 4400, etc.
Inventory—New SUV 1320
Dump body installed on new SUV by outside supplier P
Inventory—New SUV 1320
Accounts Payable—Trade 2100
COMMENTS
  • Subsidiary record should support this account. At month end, SUVs should be physically inventoried and their total cost reconciled with the balance in this account.
  • Holdbacks should be deducted from the factory invoice total and charged to Account 1160, Ford Receivable—Vehicle Holdback.
  • An inventory numbering system that will identify units by SUV series should be adopted. See Office Management for details.
  • If necessary, Accounts 1311-1319 may be used to control the various types of inventory, such as new SUV, SUV bodies and equipment etc., that are grouped in this account.