Cost of Goods Sold or Sales

Opening Stock +Purchases-Closing Stock = Cost of Goods Sold / Sales

When will it be equal to Cost of Goods Sold and when  to Sales

Replies (3)

If there is no profit, then it will be equal to cost of good sold and  when there is profit, then it will be equal tosales ...

simple

 

Hi, I’m new to accounting and trying to solve a text book problem. Can anyone help me in understanding how the author calculated purchase (36,000) in Cost of goods sold?

Question: 

Direct labor cost 16,000

Cost of goods sold 56,000

Opening and Closing Balances

Raw Material                        8,000    8,600

Work-in-progress                                 8000    12,000

Finished goods                    14,000   18,000

Selling expenses                                 3,400

General Admin                    2,600

Sales for the month            75,000

Solution given:

A)    Sales (given)                                                                                        75,000

B)    Cost of goods sold:

                Raw Materials Consumed:

                                Opening stock (given)                        8,000

                                Purchase (balancing figure)             36,000

                                                                                                44,000

                                Closing stock                                        (8,600)   35,400

Leave a Reply

Your are not logged in . Please login to post replies

Click here to Login / Register  

Company
ARTICLESHIP 07 September 2026
CA Articles

Kothari Jain Patil & Chartered Accountants

Pune

CA Inter

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 26 August 2026
CA Article Assistant/CA Drop Out/Accounts Executive

PARV & Co.

New Delhi

CA Inter

View Details
Company
19 September 2026
Finance Manager

Mugdha Art Studio

Hyderabad

CA

View Details
Company
15 September 2026
Client-site CA associate

Aditya Muley and Co

Mumbai

CA

View Details
Company
Featured 11 September 2026
Audit Executive

RBSM Corporate Advisors Private Limited

Pune

CA

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 29 August 2026
Article Assistant

RRPM & ASSOCIATES LLP

Chennai

CA Inter

View Details
Company
18 September 2026
Accounts & Finance Specialist

ULTRA CHEMICAL WORKS

Thane

CA Final

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 01 September 2026
Article Assistant

SGNG & Associates

New Delhi

CA Inter

View Details