Question

Ella Company reported the following income statement information for the current year: Sales $410,000 Cost of goods sold: Beginning inventory $132,000 Cost of goods purchased 273,000 Cost of goods available for sale 405,000 Ending inventory 144,000 Cost of goods sold 261,000 Gross profit $149,000 The beginning inventory balance is correct. However, the ending inventory figure was overstated by $20,000. Given this information, the correct gross profit would be:

Answer 1

$129,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation for what the correct gross profit would be:

Correct gross profit =$410,000-($261,000+$20,000)

Correct gross profit =$410,000-$281,000

Correct gross profit =$129,000

Therefore the correct gross profit would be:$129,000