How does the format of the income statement for Organic Bones differ from the income statement of a merchandiser?

Cost of Goods Sold for Manufacturer is different from that of a Merchandiser

Explanation:

Organic Bones as a manufacturer will have a different cost of goods sold to a Merchandiser because it will have to include the cost of manufacturing in the Cost of Goods sold. In the Income statement of Organic Bones, the relevant Cost of Goods will be entered as Finished Goods which would be derived from the Cost of Goods Manufactured schedule.

Merchandisers on the other hand, buy the goods that they sell. They will have no need for a Schedule of Costs of Goods manufactured and so will have no Finished Goods as their Inventory. Their relevant cost of goods sold will be Purchases which they bought from suppliers.

answer; is usually (less than) the socially optimal level of consumption;

the answer would be voluntary exchange -

"the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions. moreover, transactions are made in such a way that both the buyer and the seller are better off after the exchange than before it occurred."

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-shy