Question

Fashion house uses the retail method to estimate ending inventory in his monthly financial statements the following information is available for the month end of July 1 sales 200,000 immature July 1 171,000 and 300,000 net purchases 90,000 and 150,000 goods available for sale 261,000 and 450,000 using the retail method

Answer 1

If we used the retail method to estimate the ending inventory first we get the given of the problem that can be used in solving.
 Given
  Sales - 200,000
  Goods available for sale - 261,000 (cost) & 450,000 (retail) 

First, we need to get the cost of retail ratio. the formula is 
 Cost to Retail ratio= Cost/ Retail
           261,000
CRR= -------------   =   0.58
           450,000

Next is to get the ending inventory by following this steps
                                                              Cost             Retail
Cost of Goods Available for Sale    $261,000        $450,000
- Sales                                                                        $200,000
                                                                                  ------------------
Ending Inventory                                                        $250,000
x Cost to Retail Ratio                                                           .58
                                                                                  ------------------
Ending Inventory                                                       $145,000

So, the estimated ending inventory for the month of July is $145,000.