Question 2 [10 points]
Weber Inc. had a robbery in which a large amount of inventory was taken.The loss is totally covered by insurance A physical inventory count determined that the cost of the remaining merchandise is $186,300.The following additional information is available:
At Retail Opening merchandise inventory... 416,000 Purchase returns and allowances 12,160 Purchases 883,200 Sales 844,140 Sales returns 5,100
At Cost 260,000 7,600 552,000
a) Prepare an estimate of ending merchandise inventory using the retail method:
At Retail
At Cost
Cost of Goods Sold: Opening inventory Net purchases Cost of goods available for sale Estimated ending inventory Cost of goods sold
416,000 260,000 871,040 544,400 1,287,040 804,400 448,000 839,040
b)Calculate the cost of the inventory that was stolen
Cost of stolen merchandise=261,700