If a physical count of inventory indicates that the merchandise inventory account is overstated, an adjusting entry is required to record the difference. assume a perpetual inventory system is used.
true or false?

The correct answer is True.

Explanation:

Once you count all the products in the inventory once a year, you may have decided to count some products more frequently, perhaps because they are more valuable or because they fluctuate very quickly and form a large part of the business. To this end, you can assign special count periods to those items. For more information, see Perform the cyclic count.

If it is necessary to adjust the recorded inventory quantities, for counting or other reasons, you can use a product journal to change the inventory accounting entries without recording business transactions. Alternatively, you can adjust a single item on the item card.

If you need to change the attributes of the product accounting entries, you can use the product reclassification journal. Typical attributes to reclassify include dimensions and campaign codes, although it also performs "system transfers" by reclassifying location and warehouse codes. Special steps apply when you want to reclassify serial or lot numbers, and their expiration dates.