In its second year of operation, Painter Inc. noticed possible theft of it's inventories. It gathered the following information from its operations:   1st year 2nd Year Purchases 1,200,000 1,500,000 Freight in 100,000 120,000 Purchase returns and allowance 50,000 60,000 Purchase discount 40,000 70,000 Sales 1,300,000 1,800,000 Sales returns and allowance 100,000 250,000 Sales discount 120,000 150,000 Cost of sales 900,000 ??? If the physical ending inventory were valued at 325,000, how much is the estimated loss from inventory theft?

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In its second year of operation, Painter Inc. noticed possible theft of it's inventories. It gathered the following information from its operations:

  1st year 2nd Year
Purchases 1,200,000 1,500,000
Freight in 100,000 120,000
Purchase returns and allowance 50,000 60,000
Purchase discount 40,000 70,000
Sales 1,300,000 1,800,000
Sales returns and allowance 100,000 250,000
Sales discount 120,000 150,000
Cost of sales 900,000 ???

If the physical ending inventory were valued at 325,000, how much is the estimated loss from inventory theft?

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