Internal Controls [Provide suggestions for a simple system of internal controls to assist the owners in protecting assets and ensuring accuracy in financial data. Consider additional controls that will support the potential for adding merchandise and additional assets with business growth/expansion.]

Looking to the Future [In response to the owners request for additional information and support for future growth, discuss accounting considerations associated with the acquisition of additional long-term/fixed assets, and the addition of merchandise inventory. How will the company account for the costs of long-term assets? How will the method of depreciation be determined? (Expand on 2 different methods of depreciation to demonstrate ideal application). How does accounting change with the addition of merchandise inventory? How will it be determined which inventory costing method to apply? (Discuss how the FIFO, LIFO, and Average methods differ and provide examples of the types of merchandising scenarios that would be ideally applicable in each case.)]