Pina Colada Corporation's retail store and warehouse closed for an entire weekend while the year-end inventory was counted. When
the count was finished, the controller gathered all the count books and information from the clerical staff, completed the ending
inventory calculations, and prepared the following partial income statement for the general manager for Monday morning:
Sales
$ 2,743,000
Beginning inventory
$
657,000
Purchases
1,550,000
Total goods available for sale
2,207,000
Less: Ending inventory
657,000
Cost of goods sold
1,550,000
Gross profit
$ 1,193,000
The general manager called the controller into her office after quickly reviewing the preliminary statements. "You've made an error in
the inventory," she stated. "My pricing all year has been carefully controlled to provide a gross profit of 35%, and I know the sales are
correct.
(a) How much should the ending inventory have been?
Expected ending inventory
$