2021   2020   Net sales   $630,000   $390,000   Cost of goods purchased   383,400   269,600   Beginning inventory   69,000   41,000   Ending inventory   87,000   61,000   Inventory with a cost of $17,000 was salvaged from the fire.       Determine the average gross profit rate for the years 2020 and 2021. (Hint: Find the gross profit rate for each year and divide the sum by 2.) (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 12%.)

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On April 10, 2022, fire damaged the office and warehouse of Sheffield Company. Most of the accounting records were destroyed, but the following account balances were determined as of March 31, 2022: Inventory (January 1, 2022), $80,000; Net Sales (January 1–March 31, 2022), $180,000; Purchases (January 1–March 31, 2022), $94,000.

The company’s fiscal year ends on December 31. It uses a periodic inventory system.

From an analysis of the April bank statement, you discover cancelled checks of $4,200 for cash purchases during the period April 1–10. Deposits during the same period totaled $18,500. Of that amount, 60% were collections on accounts receivable, and the balance was cash sales.

Correspondence with the company’s principal suppliers revealed $12,400 of purchases on account from April 1 to April 10. Of that amount, $1,600 was for merchandise in transit on April 10 that was shipped FOB destination.

Correspondence with the company’s principal customers produced acknowledgments of credit sales totaling $37,000 from April 1 to April 10. It was estimated that an additional $5,600 of credit sales were made but confirmation had not been received from customers. There were no sales returns or sales discounts from April 1 to April 10.

Sheffield Company reached an agreement with the insurance company that its fire-loss claim should be based on the average of the gross profit rates for the preceding 2 years. The financial statements for 2021 and 2020 showed the following data.

    2021   2020  
Net sales
  $630,000   $390,000  
Cost of goods purchased
  383,400   269,600  
Beginning inventory
  69,000   41,000  
Ending inventory
  87,000   61,000  

Inventory with a cost of $17,000 was salvaged from the fire.

 

 
 
Determine the average gross profit rate for the years 2020 and 2021. (Hint: Find the gross profit rate for each year and divide the sum by 2.(Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 12%.)

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