Sarasota Corporations retail store and warehouse closed for an entire weekend while the year-end inventory was counted. When the count was finished, the controller gathered all the count books and information from the clerical staff, completed the ending inventory calculations, and prepared the following partial income statement for the general manager for Monday morning:

Sarasota Corporations retail store and warehouse closed for an entire weekend while the year-end inventory was counted. When the count was finished, the controller gathered all the count books and information from the clerical staff, completed the ending inventory calculations, and prepared the following partial income statement for the general manager for Monday morning:

Sales					$	2,754,000
Beginning inventory		$	653,000
Purchases			1,540,000
Total goods available for sale			2,193,000
Less ending inventory			653,000
Cost of goods sold						1,540,000
Gross profit					$	1,214,000

The general manager called the controller into her office after quickly reviewing the preliminary statements. Youve made an error in the inventory, she stated. My pricing all year has been carefully controlled to provide a gross profit of 36%, and I know the sales are correct. (a) How much should the ending inventory have been?

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The general manager called the controller into her office after quickly reviewing the preliminary statements. Youve made an error in the inventory, she stated. My pricing all year has been carefully controlled to provide a gross profit of 36%, and I know the sales are correct.