Billingsly Products Uses the Conventional Retail Method to Estimate Its

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Essay

Billingsly Products uses the conventional retail method to estimate its ending inventories. The following data has been summarized for the year 2009:
Required:
Estimate the ending inventory as of December 31, 2009.
$$\begin{array} { l c r } & \text { Cost } & \text { Retail } \\\text { Inventory, January 1 } & \$ 53,000 & \$ 78,000 \\\text { Purchases } & 322,360 & 466,000 \\\text { Net markups } & & 8,000 \\\text { Net markdowns } & & 16,700 \\\text { Net sales } & & 392,000\end{array}$$

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