Perpetual Inventory System
Ranns Supply uses a perpetual inventory system. On January 1, its inventory account had a beginning balance of $6,450,000. Ranns engaged in the following transactions during the year.
1. purchasd merchandise inventory for $9,500,000.
2. Generated net sales of $26,000,000.
3. Recorded inventory shrinkage of $10,000 after a physical inventory at year end.
4. Reported gross profit for the year of $15,000,000 in its income statement.
a. At what amount was Cost of Goods Sold reported in the company's year-end income statement?
b. At what amount was Merchandise inventory reported in the company's year-end balance sheet?
c. Immediately prior to recording inventory shrinkage at the end of the year, what was the balance of the Cost of Goods Sold and Merchandise Inventory account?