Required: Calculate the amount of the insurance claim to be filed for the inventory destroyed in the tornado. (Hint: Use the cost of goods sold model and a gross profit ratio that will result in the largest claim.) (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Insurance claim
Required: Calculate the amount of the insurance claim to be filed for the inventory destroyed in the tornado. (Hint: Use the cost of goods sold model and a gross profit ratio that will result in the largest claim.) (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Insurance claim
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Transcribed Image Text:Franklin Co. has experienced gross profit ratios for 2019, 2018, and 2017 of 33%, 30%, and 31%, respectively. On
April 3, 2020, the firm's plant and all its inventory were destroyed by a tornado.
Accounting records for 2020, which were available because they were stored in a protected vault, showed the
following:
Sales from January 1 through April 2
January 1 inventory amount
Purchases of inventory from January 1 through April 2
$71,340
31,795
59,326
Required:
Calculate the amount of the insurance claim to be filed for the inventory destroyed in the tornado. (Hint: Use the
cost of goods sold model and a gross profit ratio that will result in the largest claim.) (Do not round intermediate
calculations.)
Insurance claim
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