An earth quake damaged a warehouse of Kupal Girl Corporation On December 31, 2011. The entire company and many accounting records stored

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An earth quake damaged a warehouse of Kupal Girl Corporation On December 31, 2011. The entire company and many accounting records stored in the warehouse were completely destroyed. Although the inventory was not insured, a portion could be sold for scrap. Though the use of microfilmed records, the following data were gathered: Inventory, January 1, P1,000,000; Purchases, P4,400,000; Cash sales, P547,200; Collection of accounts receivable (including the amount of recovery) P5,040,000; Accounts receivable- January 1; P420,000; Accounts written off, P17,200; Recovery of accounts written off,  P7,200; Allowance for bad debts – January 1, P21,000: Account receivable, December 31, 2011, (net of required allowance), P684,000; Sales returns, P72, 000; Sales discounts, P28,800; Purchase returns, P120,000; Purchase discounts, P24,000; freight in, P43,200; Salvage value of inventory, P1,200,000: Gross profit percentage on sales, 32%. The Company consistently measures doubtful accounts in percent of account receivables How much is the value of inventory loss? 

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