Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:Sales are budgeted at $281,000 for November, $321,000 for December, and $212,000 for January.Collections are expected to be 75% in the month of sale and 25% in the month following the sale.The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales.The company desires to have an ending merchandise inventory at the end of each month equal to 90% of the next month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $20,100.Monthly depreciation is $22,000.Ignore taxes. The cost of December merchandise purchases would be:

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Dilly Farm Supply is located in a small town in the rural west. Data regarding the store's operations follow:Sales are budgeted at $281,000 for November, $321,000 for December, and $212,000 for January.Collections are expected to be 75% in the month of sale and 25% in the month following the sale.The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales.The company desires to have an ending merchandise inventory at the end of each month equal to 90% of the next month's cost of goods sold. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase.Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $20,100.Monthly depreciation is $22,000.Ignore taxes.  The cost of December merchandise purchases would be:

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To find the cost of December merchandise purchases, we need to first find the cost of goods sold for December.

Cost of goods sold for December = 75% of December sales = 0.75 x $321,000 = $240,750

Next, we need to find the desired ending merchandise inventory for December:

Desired ending merchandise inventory for December = 90% of January cost of goods sold = 0.9 x (75% x $212,000) = $143,100

Now we can calculate the total cost of merchandise needed for December:

Total cost of merchandise needed for December = Cost of goods sold for December + desired ending merchandise inventory for December - beginning merchandise inventory for December 
Beginning merchandise inventory for December = 90% of November cost of goods sold = 0.9 x (75% x $281,000) = $178,087.50

Total cost of merchandise needed for December = $240,750 + $143,100 - $178,087.50 = $205,762.50

However, this is not one of the answer choices. The closest answer choice is D, $167,175. This is incorrect, as it is less than the cost of goods sold for December.

Therefore, there is no correct answer choice given. The cost of December merchandise purchases is $205,762.50.

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