On October 31, 2010, a flood at Pamela Company’s only warehouse caused severe damage to its entire inventory.  Based on the recent history, Pamela has a gross profit of 25 percent of sales.   The following information is available from Pamela’s records for ten months ended October 31, 2010:                 Inventory, January 1                                520,000                 Purchases                                               4,120,000                 Purchase returns                                        60,000                 Sales                                                      5,600,000                 Sales returns                                            400,000                 Sales allowances                                      100,000   Using the gross profit method, what is the estimated cost of goods sold for the ten months ended October 31, 2010?

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On October 31, 2010, a flood at Pamela Company’s only warehouse caused severe damage to its entire inventory.  Based on the recent history, Pamela has a gross profit of 25 percent of sales.

 

The following information is available from Pamela’s records for ten months ended October 31, 2010:

                Inventory, January 1                                520,000

                Purchases                                               4,120,000

                Purchase returns                                        60,000

                Sales                                                      5,600,000

                Sales returns                                            400,000

                Sales allowances                                      100,000

 

Using the gross profit method, what is the estimated cost of goods sold for the ten months ended October 31, 2010?

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