CT 5-10 FASB CODIFICATION ACTIVITY
(a) 1. Inventory is the aggregate of those items of tangible personal
property that have any of the following characteristics:
a. Held for sale in the ordinary course of business
b. In process of production for such sale
c. To be currently consumed in the production of goods or services
to be available for sale.
The term inventory embraces goods awaiting sale (the merchandise
of a trading concern and the finished goods of a manufacturer),
goods in the course of production (work in process), and goods to
be consumed directly or indirectly in production (raw materials and
supplies). This definition of inventories excludes long-term assets
subject to depreciation accounting, or goods which, when put into
use, will be so classified. The fact that a depreciable asset is retired
2. A customer is a reseller or a consumer, either an individual or a
business that purchases a vendor’s products or services for end use
rather than for resale. This definition is consistent with paragraph
280-10–50–42, which states that a group of entities known to a report-
ing entity to be under common control shall be considered as a
single customer, and the federal government, a state government, a