Inventory analysis from an accounting perspective

The bachelor thesis deals with "Inventory analysis from an accounting point of view". The objective of the thesis is to define inventory, its qualification, analyze inventory in terms of possible valuation methods and accounting methods. Furthermore, it analyses the impact of inventories on the profit and loss and financial statements. In the practical part, the theoretical background is applied to a specific business entity. The enterprise that the thesis examines in terms of inventory analysis is 'XYZ s.r.o.'. This enterprise deals with the execution of complete deliveries of home appliances, including the creation of a project and technical preparation. The thesis first focuses on characteristics of business entity, how inventories are acquired in the enterprise and then how the enterprise accounts its inventories. The main part focuses on the valuation of inventories when they are removed from the enterprise. The method of valuation of inventories on removal using the moving average method will be compared with the weighted arithmetic periodic average method and the FIFO method for a selected type of inventories. The final part is focused on the discussion and evaluation of the information found in the practical part