Formation of reserves to cover loss from depreciation of stocks of retail trade enterprises

Abstract

Nowadays, the most significant and widely researched accounting innovation is forming the reserve system of a business unit under conditions of sustainable development. The research proves the necessity of forming the reserves as an element of a business unit protection from the risks to lose economic profits because of assets depreciation. It is proposed when making a decision about the formation of the reserve to protect stocks from depreciation, to take into account the level of essentiality not only the deviation size of actual cost of goods from their market cost, but also the level of essentiality of the deviation of actual commodity turnover from its planned significance. The authors develop the algorithm for the level of essentiality assessment when forming the reserve of depreciation of stocks for trade enterprises, which actualizes two indices, namely, the relative deviations of commodity turnover and the cost of goods and allows to make decision about formation of reserves for decreasing the cost of capital equipment including essentiality. The research determines the main factors of influence on the depreciation of the stocks under conditions of continuity, they are: the change of assessment of stocks because of the events after report date, the methods of determining the risk of stocks, moral depreciation and quality loss. To provide the continual cycle of replenishment of commodity stocks for a trade enterprise the authors develop the diagram of accounting process for the formation and use of the depreciation reserve of stocks.

Authors and Affiliations

A. S. Krutova, T. O. Tarasova

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A. S. Krutova, T. O. Tarasova (2017). Formation of reserves to cover loss from depreciation of stocks of retail trade enterprises. Вісник Житомирського державного технологічного університету. Серія: економіка, управління та адміністрування, 82(4), 37-41. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-274358