Cranford Cars Ltd operates a car sales business with two locations new cars and second-hand cars.

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Cranford Cars Ltd operates a car sales business with two locations — new cars and second-hand cars. The company’s accountant has prepared an income statement for the year ending 30 June 2017.



Cranford cars ltd

Income Statement

for the year ended 30 June 2017



INCOME

Sales

Cost of sales:

Beginning inventory

Purchases




$




263 000

646 600



$


1 130 000




Goods available for sale

Ending inventory


909 600

  222 000







Cost of sales





   687 600




GROSS PROFIT

EXPENSES

Advertising

Salaries

Insurance

Depreciation

Supplies

Interest




47 700

132 500

45 600

18 000

27 500

  38 160



442 400




Total expenses





   309 460




PROFIT




$

132 940













The beginning inventory of new cars was $185 000, and Ending inventory was $157 000. The beginning inventory for the second-hand cars was $78 000, and Ending inventory was $65 000.

The company’s records indicate that the following percentages of each expense or revenue are directly chargeable to the departments. Any balance left in an expense account is an indirect expense.



New cars


Second-hand cars

Sales revenue

Purchases

Advertising

Salaries

Insurance

Depreciation

Supplies

70%

53%

43%

34%

36%

19%

35%



30%

47%

32%

21%

26%

23%

33%



Required

Prepare a departmental income statement for the year ending 30 June 2017 that shows the departmental contribution for each department.

Ending Inventory
The ending inventory is the amount of inventory that a business is required to present on its balance sheet. It can be calculated using the ending inventory formula                Ending Inventory Formula =...
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Authors: Lew Edwards, John Medlin, Keryn Chalmers, Andreas Hellmann, Claire Beattie, Jodie Maxfield, John Hoggett

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