Successful online retailers such as amazon and zappos use technology to create a person in the moment shopping experience: true or false.

Ahmed Company

a. Computation of the budgeted merchandise purchases:

                                    May              June             July            August

Cash payments    $1,400,000    1,550,000    1,400,000     1,500,000

Ending balance         150,000        130,000      300,000        120,000

Total                    $1,550,000   $1,680,000  $1,700,000   $1,620,000

less:

Beginning balance                        150,000       130,000        300,000

Purchases          $1,550,000   $1,530,000  $1,570,000   $1,320,000

b. Computation of the budgeted cost of goods sold:

                                             May            June            July            August

Beginning Inventory                              260,000     500,000      300,000

Purchases                        1,550,000   1,530,000   1,570,000    1,320,000                        

Goods available for sale 1,550,000    1,790,000 2,070,000    1,620,000

Ending Inventory               260,000     500,000     300,000      330,000

Cost of goods sold       $1,290,000 $1,290,000 $1,770,000 $1,290,000

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

         Accounts Payable    Merchandise Inventory

31-May    150,000              260,000

30-Jun    130,000              500,000

31-Jul     300,000              300,000

31-Aug   120,000               330,000

b) Ahmed Company's purchases of merchandise can be obtained by reviewing the Accounts Payable beginning and ending balances and the cash payments made during the months.  Alternatively, monthly Accounts Payable can be prepared and the differences in the debit and credit side will be the purchases as the missing figure.

c) Once the purchases of merchandise have been computed, to compute the cost of goods sold becomes easier.  The cost of goods sold for Ahmed Company is the difference between the cost of goods available for sale and the ending inventories of merchandise.