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1. Prepare closing entries as of August 31, 2005 (the perpetual inventory system is used).
2. The company makes all purchases on credit, and its suppliers uniformly offer a 3% sales discount.
Does it appear that the company’s cash management system is accomplishing the goal of taking
all available discounts? Explain.
3. In prior years, the company experienced a 5% returns and allowance rate on its sales, which means
approximately 5% of its gross sales were eventually returned outright or caused the company to
grant allowances to customers. How do this year’s results compare to prior years’ results?
Debit Credit
Merchandise inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,000
Other (noninventory) assets . . . . . . . . 120,400
Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35,000
N. Kidman, Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,650
N. Kidman, Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,000
Sales discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,250
Sales returns and allowances . . . . . . . 14,000
Cost of goods sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,600
Sales salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,000
Rent expense—Selling space . . . . . . . 10,000
Store supplies expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500
Advertising expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,000
Office salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,500
Rent expense—Office space . . . . . . . 2,600
Office supplies expense . . . . . . . . . . . 800
Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $348,650 $348,650
On August 31, 2004, merchandise inventory was $25,000. Supplementary records of merchandising
activities for the year ended August 31, 2005, reveal the following itemized costs:
Invoice cost of merchandise purchases . . . . . . . $91,000
Purchase discounts received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900
Purchase returns and allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400
Costs of transportation-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,900
Required
1. Compute the company’s net sales for the year.
2. Compute the company’s total cost of merchandise purchased for the year.
3. Prepare a multiple-step income statement that includes separate categories for selling expenses
and for general and administrative expenses.
4. Prepare a single-step income statement that includes these expense categories: cost of goods sold,
selling expenses, and general and administrative expenses.
The records of Alaina Co. provide the following information for the year ended December 31:
At Cost At Retail
January 1 beginning inventory . . . . . . . $ 81,670 $114,610
Cost of goods purchased . . . . . . . . . . . 492,250 751,730
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786,120
Sales returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,480
Required
1. Use the retail inventory method to estimate the company’s year-end inventory.
2. A year-end physical inventory at retail prices yields a total inventory of $78,550. Prepare a calculation
showing the company’s loss from shrinkage at cost and at retail.
Ernst Equipment Co. wants to prepare interim financial statements for the first quarter. The company
wishes to avoid making a physical count of inventory. Ernst’s gross profit rate averages 30%. The
following information for the first quarter is available from its records:
January 1 beginning inventory . . . . . . . $ 752,880
Cost of goods purchased . . . . . . . . . . . 2,159,630
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,710,250
Sales returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,200
Use the gross profit method to estimate the company’s first quarter ending inventory
Thanks in advance for your help.
1. Prepare closing entries as of August 31, 2005 (the perpetual inventory system is used).
2. The company makes all purchases on credit, and its suppliers uniformly offer a 3% sales discount.
Does it appear that the company’s cash management system is accomplishing the goal of taking
all available discounts? Explain.
3. In prior years, the company experienced a 5% returns and allowance rate on its sales, which means
approximately 5% of its gross sales were eventually returned outright or caused the company to
grant allowances to customers. How do this year’s results compare to prior years’ results?
Debit Credit
Merchandise inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 31,000
Other (noninventory) assets . . . . . . . . 120,400
Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35,000
N. Kidman, Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,650
N. Kidman, Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,000
Sales discounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,250
Sales returns and allowances . . . . . . . 14,000
Cost of goods sold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,600
Sales salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,000
Rent expense—Selling space . . . . . . . 10,000
Store supplies expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500
Advertising expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,000
Office salaries expense . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,500
Rent expense—Office space . . . . . . . 2,600
Office supplies expense . . . . . . . . . . . 800
Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $348,650 $348,650
On August 31, 2004, merchandise inventory was $25,000. Supplementary records of merchandising
activities for the year ended August 31, 2005, reveal the following itemized costs:
Invoice cost of merchandise purchases . . . . . . . $91,000
Purchase discounts received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900
Purchase returns and allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400
Costs of transportation-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,900
Required
1. Compute the company’s net sales for the year.
2. Compute the company’s total cost of merchandise purchased for the year.
3. Prepare a multiple-step income statement that includes separate categories for selling expenses
and for general and administrative expenses.
4. Prepare a single-step income statement that includes these expense categories: cost of goods sold,
selling expenses, and general and administrative expenses.
The records of Alaina Co. provide the following information for the year ended December 31:
At Cost At Retail
January 1 beginning inventory . . . . . . . $ 81,670 $114,610
Cost of goods purchased . . . . . . . . . . . 492,250 751,730
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786,120
Sales returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,480
Required
1. Use the retail inventory method to estimate the company’s year-end inventory.
2. A year-end physical inventory at retail prices yields a total inventory of $78,550. Prepare a calculation
showing the company’s loss from shrinkage at cost and at retail.
Ernst Equipment Co. wants to prepare interim financial statements for the first quarter. The company
wishes to avoid making a physical count of inventory. Ernst’s gross profit rate averages 30%. The
following information for the first quarter is available from its records:
January 1 beginning inventory . . . . . . . $ 752,880
Cost of goods purchased . . . . . . . . . . . 2,159,630
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,710,250
Sales returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,200
Use the gross profit method to estimate the company’s first quarter ending inventory
Thanks in advance for your help.