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Description: Howard's Supply Co. suffered a fire loss on April 20, 2021. The company's last physical inventory was taken January 30, 2021, at which time the inventory totaled $237,000. Sales from January 30 to April 20 were $617,000 and purchases during that time

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Author:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

Publisher:James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach

Chapter7: Inventories: Cost Measurement And Flow Assumptions

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Howard's Supply Co. suffered a fire loss on April 20, 2021. The company's last physical inventory was taken January 30, 2021, at which time the inventory totaled $237,000. Sales from January 30 to April 20 were $617,000 and purchases during that time were $467,000. Howard's consistently reports a 25% gross profit. The estimated inventory loss is:

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$498,250.
$229,250.
$241,250.
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