Question

Mogul Company ships merchandise to Ski Outfit in a consignment arrangement. The arrangement specifies that Ski Outfit will attempt to sell the merchandise, and in return, Mogul will pay to Ski Outfit a 20% sales commission on any merchandise sold. During the year, Mogul ships inventory with a cost of $110,000 to Ski Outfit. By the end of the year, $84,000 of the merchandise has been sold to customers for a total of $116,200. What amount of inventory will Mogul report at year end

Answer 1

Answer:

Mogul will report Inventory of $26000

Explanation:

The consignment accounting states that any inventory sent on consignment by the consignor to the consignee belongs to the consignor until it is sold by the consignee. Mogu; company sent inventory costing 110000 and out of this only 84000 is sold. The remaining inventory still belongs to the consignor and the amount of this inventory is 110000 - 84000 = $26000