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 | $392,000 | $552,000 | |
| Transactions during August: | |||
| Purchases (net) | 4,507,000 | 6,348,000 | |
| Sales | 6,530,000 | ||
| Ranchworks Co. | |||
| Merchandise inventory, March 1 | $239,000 | ||
| Transactions during March through November: | |||
| Purchases (net) | 3,176,000 | ||
| Sales | 5,039,000 | ||
| Estimated gross profit rate | 36% | 
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 $178,600 of
merchandise was on hand. What was the estimated loss of inventory
due to theft or damage during March thru November?
Part 1
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 Celebrity Tan Co. Estimated cost of inventory August 31  | 
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 Cost  | 
 Retail  | 
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 Merchandise inventory august 1  | 
 392000  | 
 552000  | 
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 Net purchases  | 
 4507000  | 
 6348000  | 
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 Merchandise available for sale  | 
 4899000  | 
 6900000  | 
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 Ratio of cost to retail price (4899000/6900000)  | 
 71.00%  | 
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 Sales  | 
 6530000  | 
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 Merchandise inventory august 31, at retail  | 
 370000  | 
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 Merchandise inventory at estimated cost (370000*71%)  | 
 $262700  | 
Part 2 a
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 Ranchworks, Co. Estimated cost of inventory November 30  | 
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 Cost  | 
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 Merchandise inventory march 1  | 
 239000  | 
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 Net purchases  | 
 3176000  | 
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 Merchandise available for sale  | 
 3415000  | 
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 Sales  | 
 5039000  | 
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 Less: estimated gross profit (5039000*36%)  | 
 1814040  | 
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 estimated cost of merchandise sold  | 
 3224960  | 
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 Estimated merchandise inventory, November 30  | 
 $190040  | 
Part 2b
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 Estimated merchandise inventory, November 30  | 
 190040  | 
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 Physical inventory count, November 30  | 
 178600  | 
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 Estimated loss due to theft or damage, march1-november 30  | 
 $11440  |