The notes that accompany a companys financial statements provide informative details that would clutter the amounts and

Question:

The notes that accompany a company’s provide informative details that would clutter the amounts and descriptions presented in the statements. Refer to the of Tootsie Roll and the accompanying Notes to Consolidated in Appendix A.
Instructions
Answer the following questions. (Give the amounts in thousands of dollars, as shown in Tootsie Roll’s annual report.)
(a) What did Tootsie Roll report for the amount of inventories in its Consolidated at December 31, 2011? At December 31, 2010?
(b) Compute the dollar amount of change and the percentage change in inventories between 2010 and 2011. Compute inventory as a percentage of current assets for 2011.
(c) What are the (product) costs of goods sold reported by Tootsie Roll for 2011, 2010, and 2009?
Compute the ratio of (product) cost of goods sold to net (product) sales in 2011.

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