Question

A company's Inventory balance at the end of the year was $188,000 and $200,000 at the beginning of the year. Its Accounts Payable balance at the end of the year was $84,000 and $80,000 at the beginning of the year, and its cost of goods sold for the year was $720,000. The company's total amount of cash payments for merchandise during the year equals:

Answer 1

$704,000

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that

Costs of goods sold = Beginning inventory + purchase made - ending inventory

$720,000 = $200,000 + purchase made - $188,000

So, the purchase would be

= $708,000

Now the cash payment would be

= Beginning balance of accounts payable + purchase - ending balance of accounts payable

= $80,000 + $708,000 - $84,000

= $704,000