Income statement in the traditional format


Problem: (Income statement in the traditional format)

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 20,000 units:

  Revenues

$

160,000

  Cost of goods sold ($16,000 + $3.20/unit)

 

80,000

 



  Gross profit

$

80,000

  Operating expenses:

 

 

       Selling ($4,500 + $1.40/unit)

 

32,500

       Administration ($7,500 + $1.00/unit)

 

27,500

 



  Operating income

$

20,000


Requirement 1:

Prepare an income statement in the contribution margin format. (Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Requirement 2:

Calculate the contribution margin per unit and the contribution margin ratio. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place. Omit the "$" and "%" signs in your response.)

Requirement 3:

(a) Calculate the firm's operating income (or loss) if the volume changed from 20,000 units to 25,000 units. (Input the amount as positive value. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

(b) Calculate the firm's operating income (or loss) if the volume changed from 20,000 units to 11,000 units. (Input the amount as positive value. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

Requirement 4:

Refer to your answer to requirement 1 when total revenues were $160,000.

(a) Calculate the firm's operating income (or loss) if unit selling price and variable expenses do not change, and total revenues increase by $18,000. (Input the amount as positive value. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

(b) Calculate the firm's operating income (or loss) if unit selling price and variable expenses do not change, and total revenues decrease by $12,000. (Input the amount as positive value. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

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