Executive officers of Thornton Company are wrestling with their budget for the next year. The...

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Executive officers of Thornton Company are wrestling with their budget for the next year. The following are two different sales
estimates provided by two different sources.
Thornton's past experience indicates that cost of goods sold is about 65 percent of sales revenue. The company tries to maintain
15 percent of the next quarter's expected cost of goods sold as the current quarter's ending inventory. This year's ending
inventory is $27,000. Next year's ending inventory is budgeted to be $28,000.
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a. Prepare an inventory purchases budget using the sales manager's estimate.
b. Prepare an inventory purchases budget using the marketing consultant's estimate.
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Prepare an inventory purchases budget using the sales manager's estimate.
Note: Round your final answers to nearest whole dollar amount.
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