Question

The Michael Miller Corporation has a sales budget for next month of $200,000. Cost of goods sold is expected to be $125,000. All goods are paid for in the month following their purchase. The beginning inventory of merchandise is $8,000, and an ending inventory of $6,000 is desired. Beginning accounts payable is $26,000. How much merchandise inventory will The Michael Miller Corporation need to purchase next month

Answer 1

the inventory to be purchased next month is $123,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the inventory to be purchased next month is shown below:

= Cost of goods sold + closing inventory - opening inventory

= $125,000 + $6,000 - $8,000

= $123,000

hence, the inventory to be purchased next month is $123,000

We simply applied the above formula so that the purchase value of the inventory could come