In: Accounting
Retail Method; Gross Profit Method
Selected data on merchandise inventory, purchases, and sales for
Celebrity Tan and Ranchworks Co. are as follows:
| Cost | Retail | ||
| Celebrity Tan | |||
| Merchandise inventory, August 1 | $363,000 | $472,000 | |
| Transactions during August: | |||
| Purchases (net) | 4,180,000 | 5,428,000 | |
| Sales | 5,584,000 | ||
| Ranchworks Co. | |||
| Merchandise inventory, March 1 | $221,000 | ||
| Transactions during March through November: | |||
| Purchases (net) | 2,943,000 | ||
| Sales | 5,152,000 | ||
| Estimated gross profit rate | 42% |
Required:
1. Determine the estimated cost of the merchandise inventory of Celebrity Tan on August 28 by the retail method, presenting details of the computations.
| Celebrity Tan | |||
| Cost of the Merchandise Inventory | |||
| August 31 | |||
| Cost | Retail | ||
| $ | $ | ||
| $ | $ | ||
| Ratio of cost to retail price: | % | ||
| $ | |||
| $ | |||
2a. Estimate the cost of the merchandise inventory of Ranchworks Co. on November 30 by the gross profit method, presenting details of the computations.
| Ranchworks Co. | ||
| Cost of the Merchandise Inventory | ||
| November 30 | ||
| Cost | ||
| $ | ||
| $ | ||
| $ | ||
| $ | ||
2b. Assume that Ranchworks Co. took a physical
inventory on November 30 and discovered that $165,300 of
merchandise was on hand. What was the estimated loss of inventory
due to theft or damage during March thru November?
$
| 1. Determine the estimated cost of the merchandise inventory of Celebrity Tan on August 28 by the retail method, presenting details of the computations. | |||
| Celebrity Tan | |||
| Cost of the Merchandise Inventory | |||
| August 31 | |||
| Cost | Retail | ||
| Merchandise inventory, August 1 | $363,000.00 | $472,000.00 | |
| Net purchases | $4,180,000.00 | $5,428,000.00 | |
| Merchandise available for sale | $4,543,000.00 | $5,900,000.00 | |
| Ratio of cost to retail price: | 77.00% | ||
| Less: Sales | $5,584,000.00 | ||
| Merchandise inventory, August 31, at retail | $316,000.00 | ||
| Merchandise inventory, at estimated cost = $316,000 x 77% | $243,320.00 | ||
| 2a. Estimate the cost of the merchandise inventory of Ranchworks Co. on November 30 by the gross profit method, presenting details of the computations. | |||
| Ranchworks Co. | |||
| Cost of the Merchandise Inventory | |||
| November 30 | |||
| Merchandise inventory, March 1 | $221,000.00 | ||
| Net purchases | $2,943,000.00 | ||
| Merchandise available for sale | $3,164,000.00 | ||
| Sales | $5,152,000.00 | ||
| Less: Estimated gross profit ($5,152,000 × 42%) | $2,163,840.00 | ||
| Estimated cost of merchandise sold | $2,988,160.00 | ||
| Estimated merchandise inventory, November 30 | $175,840.00 | ||
| 2b. Assume that Ranchworks Co. took a physical inventory on November 30 and discovered that $165,300 of merchandise was on hand. What was the estimated loss of inventory due to theft or damage during March thru November? | |||
| Estimated merchandise inventory, November 30 | $175,840.00 | ||
| Physical inventory count, November 30 | $165,300.00 | ||
| Estimated loss due to theft or damage,March 1–November 30 | $10,540.00 | ||