On April 10, 2017, fire damaged the office and warehouse of Ehlert Company, Ltd. Most of the

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On April 10, 2017, fire damaged the office and warehouse of Ehlert Company, Ltd. Most of the accounting records were destroyed, but the following account balances were determined as of March 31, 2017: Inventory (January 1, 2017), £80,000; Sales Revenue (January 1-March 31, 2017), £180,000; Purchases (January 1-March 31, 2017), £94,000.

The company's fiscal year ends on December 31. It uses a periodic inventory system.

From an analysis of the April bank statement, you discover cancelled checks of £4,200 for cash purchases during the period April 1-10. Deposits during the same period totaled £20,500.

Of that amount, 60% were collections on accounts receivable, and the balance was cash sales.

Correspondence with the company's principal suppliers revealed £12,400 of purchases on account from April 1 to April 10. Of that amount, £1,900 was for merchandise in transit on April 10 that was shipped FOB destination.

Correspondence with the company's principal customers produced acknowledgments of credit sales totaling £37,000 from April 1 to April 10. It was estimated that £5,600 of credit sales will never be acknowledged or recovered from customers.

Ehlert Company reached an agreement with the insurance company that its fire-loss claim should be based on the average of the gross profit rates for the preceding 2 years. The financial statements for 2015 and 2016 showed the following data.

____________________________________2016                    2015

Net sales........................................£600,000........£480,000

Cost of goods purchased.......................404,000.........346,400

Beginning inventory..............................60,000..........40,000

Ending inventory.................................80,000..........60,000

Inventory with a cost of £17,000 was salvaged from the fire.

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Financial Accounting

ISBN: 978-1118978085

IFRS 3rd edition

Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

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