Question: Gross profit On January 1, ABC Co. Department Store had an inventory of $60,000. January purchases were $70,000 and January sales were $100,000. On February 1 a fire destroyed most of the inventory. The rate of gross profit was 20% of sales. Merchandise with a cost of $6,000 remained undamaged after the fire. Assume the store had no insurance coverage. Required: a. Using the gross profit method, compute the estimated ending inventory. b. Compute the estimated fire loss.

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The following information is available for October for Norton Company. Beginning inventory Net purchases Net sales 4,00,000 12,00,000 24,00,000 66.67% Percentage markup on cost A fire destroyed Norton's October 31 inventory leaving undamaged inventory with a cost of 24,000. Using the gross profit method the estimated ending inventory destroyed by fire is

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Estimating Inventory Loss Using Gross Profit Method On November 15, a fire destroyed Youngstown Inc.'s warehouse where inventory is stored. It is estimated that $12,000 can be realized from sale of usable but damaged inventory. The accounting records concerning inventory reveal the following. Gross profit averaged 35% of net sales. Inventory at Nov. 1 Purchases from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 Net sales from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 $144,000 168,000 240,000 Required a. Calculate the estimated loss of inventory using the gross profit method. $ 144,000 b. Assume instead that the markup is 25% of cost. Estimate the loss of inventory using the gross profit method. $ 120,000 X

7. The inventory was destroyed by fire on December 31. The following data were obtained from the accounting records:

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journalize entries for the following related transactions of greenville heating & air company: a. purchased $33,000 of merchandise from foster co., on account terms 2/10, n 30 b. paid the amount owed on the invoice within the discount period. c. Discovered that $6,600 of the purchased in (a) was defective and returned items, receiving credit for $6,468 ($6,600-($6,600 x2%) ).d. purchased $5,400 of merchandise from foster co., on account, terms n/30. e. received a refund from foster co., in (c) less the purchase in d.