A fire completely destroyed all the inventory of Glisan Lumber Yard on August 5, 20--. Fortunately, the

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A fire completely destroyed all the inventory of Glisan Lumber Yard on August 5, 20--. Fortunately, the accounting records were not destroyed in the fire. The following information is provided by Glisan Lumber Yard for the time period January 1 through August 5:

Beginning inventory, January 1, 20-- ..... $100,000

Net purchases, January 1 through August 5 ... 420,000

Net sales, January 1 through August 5 ..... 732,000

Normal gross profit as a percentage of sales .... 40%

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Estimate the amount of merchandise inventory destroyed in the fire on August 5 using the gross profit method.

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College Accounting

ISBN: 978-0538745192

20th Edition

Authors: Heintz and Parry

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