In: Accounting
Taki Company lost most of its inventory in a fire in December
just before the year-end physical inventory was taken. Corporate
records disclose the following.
Inventory (beginning) | $ 80,700 | Sales revenue | $408,300 | ||||
Purchases | 291,500 | Sales returns | 20,900 | ||||
Purchase returns | 28,000 | Gross profit % based on net selling price | 35 | % |
Merchandise with a selling price of $30,500 remained undamaged
after the fire, and damaged merchandise has a net realizable value
of $7,700. The company does not carry fire insurance on its
inventory.
Compute the amount of inventory fire loss. (Do not use the retail
inventory method.)
Net Purchases = Purchases - Purchase return = $ 291,500 - $ 28,000 = $ 263,500
Net sales = Sales revenue – Sales return = $ 408,300 - $ 20,900 = $ 387,400
Cost of goods sold = Net sales – Gross profit = $ 387,400 x (1 – 0.35) = $ 387,400 x 0.65
= $ 251,810
Cost of goods sold = Beginning inventory + Net purchases – Ending inventory
$ 251,810 = $ 80,700 + $ 263,500 – Ending inventory
Ending inventory = $ 344,200 - $ 251,810 = $ 92,390
Cost of undamaged inventory = Selling price – Gross profit = $ 30,500 x (1 – 0.35) = $ 30,500 x 0.65
= $ 19,825
Cost of damaged inventory = Ending inventory - Cost of undamaged inventory
= $ 92,390 - $ 19,825 = $ 72,565
Amount of inventory by fire loss
= Cost of damaged inventory – Net realizable value of damaged inventory
= $ 72,565 - $ 7,700 = $ 648,65
Amount of inventory by fire loss is $ 648,65