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Is carriage inward
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From the buyer's point of view, the delivery charge would he referred to as “carriage inwards”. Any such carriage charges should be debited to the carriage inwards account in the general ledger. The carriage inwards account is written off to the trading account at the end of the accounting period.

Step-by-step explanation:

Carriage inwards refers to the transportation costs required to be paid by the purchaser when it receives merchandise it ordered with terms FOB shipping point. Carriage inwards is also known as freight-in or transportation-in. Carriage inwards is considered to be part of the cost of the items purchased.

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