Sparrow Company uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory and cost of goods sold. Data for 2021 are as follows:     Cost Retail Beginning inventory $ 80,000   $ 170,000   Purchases   347,000     570,000   Freight-in   8,000         Purchase returns   6,000     10,000   Net markups         15,000   Net markdowns         11,000   Normal spoilage         2,000   Abnormal spoilage   3,705     7,000   Sales         530,000   Sales returns         9,000     The company records sales net of employee discounts. Employee discounts for 2021 totaled $3,000. 1. Estimate Sparrow’s ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the year using the retail inventory method and the average cost application. (Round Cost-to-retail percentage to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) 2. Estimate Sparrow’s ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the year using the retail inventory method and the conventional application. (Round Cost-to-retail percentage to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

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Sparrow Company uses the retail inventory method to estimate ending inventory and cost of goods sold. Data for 2021 are as follows:
 

  Cost Retail
Beginning inventory $ 80,000   $ 170,000  
Purchases   347,000     570,000  
Freight-in   8,000        
Purchase returns   6,000     10,000  
Net markups         15,000  
Net markdowns         11,000  
Normal spoilage         2,000  
Abnormal spoilage   3,705     7,000  
Sales         530,000  
Sales returns         9,000  
 


The company records sales net of employee discounts. Employee discounts for 2021 totaled $3,000.

1. Estimate Sparrow’s ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the year using the retail inventory method and the average cost application. (Round Cost-to-retail percentage to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

2. Estimate Sparrow’s ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the year using the retail inventory method and the conventional application. (Round Cost-to-retail percentage to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

 

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