re: Help with riddle - How Much Money Did The Store Lose?

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There’s no other way to slice it.

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Even Seasoned Pros Are Confused This Year MONEY asked 50 tax preparers to figure one family's taxes -- and got 50 different answers.

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the store is out $100 and only $100.

doesn't matter if he used the same $100 bill or a different $100 or if somebody easel came in and used different money.

the $70 worth of good was paid for (does not matter how it was paid, just THAT it was paid).
so when they count the drawer it will be off by $100.
when they count inventory and sales, the numbers will match because money was given in exchange for goods.

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this is concerning.

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The store did not lose nary a penny. If they are a viable retailer and have been open any length of time any and all such losses are made up in sells to paying customers. Some retailers will be more agressive in preventing such losses as a way to gain a competitive advantage but if someone steals a pair of shoes at any shoe store the only source of revenue from which the retailer can cover that loss is from paying customers...everyone who pays for their shoes is chipping if to cover the costs of the shoes stolen by the theiving bastard who stole them. Such losses are a cost of doing business just like paying the light bill in the store...the only source of revenue for the light bill is paying customers.

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