Please Mr John(The Tutor),
I have tried working out this question but i kept getting a wrong answer due one silly mistake i dont know ...Please help!
The Question
On Sept 1 2006,A business had an inventory of $380,000,During the month, sales totalled $650,000 and purchases of $480,000. On 30th Sept 2006,fire destroyed some of the inventory.The undamaged goods of inventory were valued at $220,000.The business operates with a standard gross profit Margin of 30%.
What is the cost of the inventory destroyed in the fire outbreak.
The answer i got is $140,000 which is wrong.
Thank you
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11y ago#1Sales totalled 650,000, and therefore the cost of sales should be 70% x 650,000 = $455,000.
The opening inventory was 380,000, and the purchases were 480,000. Therefore they had available for sale a total of 860,000.
Since the cost of goods sold was 455,000, the closing inventory should have been 860,000 - 455,000 = 405,000.
However the actual closing inventory was only 220,000 and so the inventory destroyed must have been the remainder of 185,000 (405,000 - 220,000).
Thank you so much Mr Moffat!
11y ago#3You are very welcome, Michael :-)
Please help me with Chapter 18 Test question 3
The draft accounts of Anthea Co. For the year ended 31 December 20x9 include the following:
Revenue $80,000
Gross profit $20,000
It was subsequently discovered that the revenue had been understated by $10,000 and closing inventory overstated by $5,000. After correction of these errors the gross profit percentage would be......
(I know that the revenue would be $90,000)
Thanks
11y ago#5The higher revenue will also mean higher gross profit (by 10,000).
The overstating of the closing inventory will mean that the profit is too high by 5,000.
So....the revenue will be 90,000, and the gross profit will be 20,000 + 10,000 - 5,000 = 25,000.
Hope that helps :-)
Thanks a lot Mr. Moffat!
11y ago#7You are welcome :-)
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