E9.18 (LO3) (Gross Profit Method) Sliver Lumber Company handles three principal

lines of merchandise with these varying rates of gross profit on cost.

Lumber 25%

Millwork 30%

Hardware 40%

On August 18, a fire destroyed the office, lumber shed, and a considerable portion of

the lumber stacked in the yard. To file a report of loss for insurance purposes, the

company must know what the inventories were immediately preceding the fire. No

detail or perpetual inventory records of any kind were maintained. The only pertinent

information you are able to obtain are the following facts from the general ledger,

which was kept in a fireproof vault and thus escaped destruction.

Lumber

Millwork Hardware

Inventory, Jan. 1, 2019 $250,000 $90,000 $45,000

Purchases to Aug. 18, 2019 1,500,000 375,000 160,000

Sales to Aug. 18, 2019 2,050,000 533,000 245,000

Instructions

Submit your estimate of the inventory amounts immediately preceding the fire.