Merchandising Operations and the Accounting Cycle - Pearson
Merchandising Operations and the Accounting Cycle - Pearson
Merchandising Operations and the Accounting Cycle - Pearson
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Required<br />
1. Prepare <strong>the</strong> business’s multi-step income statement for <strong>the</strong> year ended<br />
December 31, 2004.<br />
2. Compute <strong>the</strong> rate of inventory turnover for <strong>the</strong> year. Last year <strong>the</strong> turnover was<br />
3.8 times. Does this two-year trend suggest improvement or deterioration in<br />
profitability?<br />
Exercise 5-13 Preparing a single-step income statement for a merch<strong>and</strong>ising business<br />
under <strong>the</strong> perpetual inventory system (Obj. 4, 5)<br />
Prepare H<strong>and</strong>y H<strong>and</strong> Inc.’s single-step income statement for 2004, using <strong>the</strong> data<br />
from Exercise 5-12. Compute <strong>the</strong> gross margin percentage, <strong>and</strong> compare it to last<br />
year’s value of 58 percent for H<strong>and</strong>y H<strong>and</strong> Inc. Does this two-year trend suggest<br />
better or worse profitability during <strong>the</strong> current year?<br />
Exercise 5-14 Computing cost of goods sold in a periodic inventory system (Obj. 6)<br />
The periodic inventory records of H<strong>and</strong>y H<strong>and</strong> Inc. include <strong>the</strong>se accounts at<br />
December 31, 2004:<br />
Purchases of inventory............................................. $45,300<br />
Purchase discounts ................................................... 1,500<br />
Purchase returns <strong>and</strong> allowances........................... 1,000<br />
Freight in.................................................................... 2,050<br />
Inventory.................................................................... 9,700<br />
One year ago, at December 31, 2003, H<strong>and</strong>y H<strong>and</strong> Inc.’s inventory balance stood<br />
at $10,500.<br />
Required<br />
Compute H<strong>and</strong>y H<strong>and</strong> Inc.’s cost of goods sold for 2004. (Note: Your answer should<br />
be <strong>the</strong> same as <strong>the</strong> amount given in Exercise 5-12.)<br />
Exercise 5-15 Computing inventory <strong>and</strong> cost of goods sold under <strong>the</strong> periodic inventory<br />
system (Obj. 6)<br />
Supply <strong>the</strong> missing income statement amounts in each of <strong>the</strong> following situations:<br />
Cost of<br />
Sales Net Beginning Net Ending Goods Gross<br />
Sales Discounts Sales Inventory Purchases Inventory Sold Margin<br />
$96,300 (a)b $93,500 $35,500 $66,700 $39,400 (b) b $30,700<br />
82,400 $2,100 (c) b 25,750 43,000 (d) b $44,100 (e)b<br />
93,500 1,800 91,700 (f) b 44,900 22,600 59,400 (g)b<br />
(h) b 3,000 (i) b 40,700 (j) b 48,230 72,500 38,600<br />
Exercise 5-16 Computing cost of goods sold under <strong>the</strong> periodic inventory system<br />
(Obj. 6)<br />
For <strong>the</strong> year ended December 31, 2003, House of Fabrics Ltd., a retailer of homerelated<br />
products, reported net sales of $338,000 <strong>and</strong> cost of goods sold of $154,000.<br />
The company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2002 <strong>and</strong> 2003, reported inventories<br />
of $133,000 <strong>and</strong> $129,000, respectively. What were House of Fabric Ltd.’s net<br />
purchases during 2003?<br />
Exercise 5-17 Computing inventory purchases (Obj. 6)<br />
The Gap, Inc. reported Cost of Goods Sold totalling $3,285 million. Ending inventory<br />
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