Ine Toirowing inormation appears in Pety Company s recoras for ue year ended December 31: Inventory, January 1 Purchases Purchase returns Freight in Sales Sales discounts Sales returns $325,000 1,150,000 40,000 30,000 1,700,000 10,000 15,000 On December 31, a physical inventory revealed that the ending inventory was only $210,000. Petty's gross profit on net sales has remained constant at 30 percent in recent years. Petty suspects that some inventory may have been stolen by one of the company's employees. At December 31, what is the estimated cost of the missing inventorv?
Ine Toirowing inormation appears in Pety Company s recoras for ue year ended December 31: Inventory, January 1 Purchases Purchase returns Freight in Sales Sales discounts Sales returns $325,000 1,150,000 40,000 30,000 1,700,000 10,000 15,000 On December 31, a physical inventory revealed that the ending inventory was only $210,000. Petty's gross profit on net sales has remained constant at 30 percent in recent years. Petty suspects that some inventory may have been stolen by one of the company's employees. At December 31, what is the estimated cost of the missing inventorv?
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Transcribed Image Text:Ine Toirowing inormation appears in Pety Company s recoras for ue year
ended December 31:
Inventory, January 1
Purchases
Purchase returns
Freight in
Sales
Sales discounts
Sales returns
$325,000
1,150,000
40,000
30,000
1,700,000
10,000
15,000
On December 31, a physical inventory revealed that the ending inventory
was only $210,000. Petty's gross profit on net sales has remained constant at
30 percent in recent years. Petty suspects that some inventory may have
been stolen by one of the company's employees. At December 31, what is the
estimated cost of the missing inventorv?
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