Bottling Company Inc.

Income Statement

For the Year Ended October 31st, XXXX

Revenue

$650,000.00

Cost of Goods Sold

Labour

$75,000.00

Material

$50,000.00

Total Cost of Goods Sold

$125,000.00

Gross Profit

$525,000.00

Expenses

Packaging Labour

$67,000.00

Electricity

$14,000.00

Amortization

$32,000.00

Rent

$15,000.00

Shipping

$160,000.00

Total Expenses

$288,000.00

Net Income

$237,000.00

Highlights of the financial figures are as follows:

Current number of unit produced:

12,000

Number of Employees on Staff:

521

Original cost of Smelting Machinery:

$85,000

Number of Shares Outstanding:

125,000

Trading Price per Share:

$12

Required:

1.Identify all the expenses above as being either Fixed or Variable. For expenses labeled Shipping, Amortization and Electricity, explain why you chose either fixed or variable.

2.Using your cost behaviour breakdown, calculate the Contribution Margin for each unit produced.

3.What would be the number of units necessary to produce for a breakeven scenario?

4.Management has recently discovered that they are now able to lower their labour costs from 67,000 to 55,000 within the year with all other costs remaining the same.What is the Contribution Margin now?

5.Calculate the Gross Profit Margin and Net Profit Margin Ratios.

I'm very confused because I keep getting different answers from different people. If you answered these questions before feel free to skip it* All help is appreciated :)