cost of goods sold
Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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![## Required Information
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Grant Enterprises and Lee Corporation report the following amounts for the year:
| | Grant | Lee |
|---------------------------|--------|--------|
| Inventory (beginning) | $34,000| $55,000|
| Inventory (ending) | $38,000| $65,000|
| Purchases | $315,000| $285,000|
| Purchase returns | $21,000| $16,000|
## Required:
1. Calculate the cost of goods sold for each company.
### Table (for Calculation)
| | Grant | Lee |
|---------------------------|-------|-------|
| Beginning inventory | | |
| | | |
| Cost of goods available for sale | | |
| Cost of goods sold | | |
This table allows for the calculation of the cost of goods sold by incorporating the beginning inventory, purchases, purchase returns, and ending inventory. It helps to determine the total amount available for sale and the actual cost of goods sold during the year.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa3df5b63-8420-4e4f-b302-e11e0dfef4c4%2F7a61fba5-c0e1-45b2-bd66-1f9cbc9f2ae8%2F0zy4yd_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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**[The following information applies to the questions displayed below]**
Grant Enterprises and Lee Corporation report the following amounts for the year:
| | Grant | Lee |
|---------------------------|--------|--------|
| Inventory (beginning) | $34,000| $55,000|
| Inventory (ending) | $38,000| $65,000|
| Purchases | $315,000| $285,000|
| Purchase returns | $21,000| $16,000|
## Required:
1. Calculate the cost of goods sold for each company.
### Table (for Calculation)
| | Grant | Lee |
|---------------------------|-------|-------|
| Beginning inventory | | |
| | | |
| Cost of goods available for sale | | |
| Cost of goods sold | | |
This table allows for the calculation of the cost of goods sold by incorporating the beginning inventory, purchases, purchase returns, and ending inventory. It helps to determine the total amount available for sale and the actual cost of goods sold during the year.
Expert Solution
Calculation of net purchases
Net purchases = Purchases - Purchase returns
| Grant | Lee | |
| Purchases | $355,200 | $185,800 |
| Purchase returns | $21,000 | $66,000 |
| Substitute the values in the formula. | ||
| Net purchases | $355,200 - $21,000 = $334,200 | $185,800 - $66,000 = $119,800 |
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