Calculate Gross Profit Ratio from the following data: Cash Sales are 20% of Total Sales; Credit Sales are Rs. 5,00,000; Purchases are Rs. 4,00,000; Excess of Closing Inventory over Opening Inventory Rs. 25,000.

SOLUTION

Cash sales = 20% of Total Sales
 Let Total Sales be ‘x’
Therefore, Cash Sales = 20% of x
Total Sales = Cash Sales + Credit Sales
x   = 20 / 100x + 5,00,000

x-20 / 100x      =5,00,000
80 / 100x         =5,00,000

Cost of Goods Sold   = Purchases – Excess of Closing Stock over Opening Stock
= Rs. 4,00,000 – Rs. 25,000
= Rs. 3,75,000

Gross Profit = Total Sales – Cost of Goods Sold
= 6,25,000 – 3,75,000
= Rs. 2,50,000

Gross profit ratio = Gross profit / Net Sales × 100
= 2,50,000×100 / 6,25,000
= 40%

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