Prepare a contribution margin format income statement; answer what-if Questions. Shown here is an income statement in

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Prepare a contribution margin format income statement; answer what-if Questions. Shown here is an income statement in the traditional format for a firm with a sales volume of 15,000 units:
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,000
Cost of goods sold ($8,000 + $3.60/unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,000
Gross profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 43,000
Operating expenses:
Selling ($1,500 + $0.80/unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,500
Administration ($4,000 + $0.50/unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,500
Operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 18,000

Required:
a. Prepare an income statement in the contribution margin format.
b. Calculate the contribution margin per unit and the contribution margin ratio.
c. Calculate the firm’s operating income (or loss) if the volume changed from 15,000 units to
1. 20,000 units.
2. 10,000 units.
d. Refer to your answer to part a when total revenues were $105,000. Calculate the firm’s operating income (or loss) if unit selling price and variable expenses do not change and total revenues
1. Increase by $15,000.
2. Decrease by $10,000.

Contribution Margin
Contribution margin is an important element of cost volume profit analysis that managers carry out to assess the maximum number of units that are required to be at the breakeven point. Contribution margin is the profit before fixed cost and taxes...
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Accounting What the Numbers Mean

ISBN: 978-0078025297

10th edition

Authors: David H. Marshall, Wayne W. McManus, Daniel F. Viele

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