The Gumey Hosiery Company provides you with the following miscellaneous data regarding operations in 2012: Gross margin
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The Gumey Hosiery Company provides you with the following miscellaneous data regarding operations in 2012:
Gross margin ..................................................................$ 20,000
Net income (loss) ..............................................................(5,000)
Sales .................................................................................100,000
Direct material used .........................................................35,000
Direct labour .....................................................................25,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead ......................................15,000
Fixed selling and administrative expenses ...................10,000
There are no beginning or ending inventories.
Compute
(1) The variable selling and administrative expenses,
(2) The contribution margin in dollars,
(3) The variable manufacturing overhead,
(4) The break-even point in sales dollars, and
(5) The manufacturing cost of goods sold.
Contribution MarginContribution 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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Management Accounting
ISBN: 978-0132570848
6th Canadian edition
Authors: Charles T. Horngren, Gary L. Sundem, William O. Stratton, Phillip Beaulieu