At the beginning of 2018, midway hardware has an inventory of $400,000. because sales growth was strong during 2018, the owner wants to increase inventory on hand to $450,000 at december 31, 2018. if net sales for 2018 are expected to be $1,600,000, and the gross profit rate is expected to be 35%, compute the cost of the merchandise the owner should expect to purchase during 2018.

 Inventory Purchases Required  = $1,090,000

Explanation:

given data

inventory = $400,000

increase inventory = $450,000

net sales = $1,600,000

gross profit rate = 35%

solution

we know that cost of goods sold is = Sales- Gross Profit    1

so

cost of goods sold is = $1,600,000 - ( $1,600,000 × 35% )

cost of goods sold is  $1,040,000

and

Inventory Purchases Required =  cost of goods sold + Required Inventory -Opening Inventory   2

Inventory Purchases Required  = $1,040,000 + $450,000 - $400,000

 Inventory Purchases Required  = $1,090,000

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