Debbie’s Bling Shop uses the lower of average cost or market retail inventory method to determine its ending inventory. The accounting records for the current year for Debbie’s contained the following information:   Cost Retail Beginning inventory $19,000 $ 27,500 Purchases 71,500 94,000 Sales   105,000 Net markups   5,167 Net markdowns   3,067 ​ In addition, the accounting records for Debbie’s disclosed that freight-in charges were $6,700 and sales returns were $2,833. What is the cost-to-retail percentage to be used for ending inventory calculations?   a.  71.4%   b.  73.2%   c.  76.7%   d.  78.6%

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Debbie’s Bling Shop uses the lower of average cost or market retail inventory method to determine its ending inventory. The accounting records for the current year for Debbie’s contained the following information:

 

Cost

Retail

Beginning inventory

$19,000

$ 27,500

Purchases

71,500

94,000

Sales

 

105,000

Net markups

 

5,167

Net markdowns

 

3,067

In addition, the accounting records for Debbie’s disclosed that freight-in charges were $6,700 and sales returns were $2,833. What is the cost-to-retail percentage to be used for ending inventory calculations?

 

a. 

71.4%

 

b. 

73.2%

 

c. 

76.7%

 

d. 

78.6%

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