In: Accounting
| Sales | $ | 7,400,000 | $ | 5,624,000 | ||
| Cost of goods sold | 4,720,000 | 3,508,500 | ||||
| Gross margin | 2,680,000 | 2,115,500 | ||||
| Selling and administrative expenses: | ||||||
| Selling expenses | 1,372,000 | 1,082,000 | ||||
| Administrative expenses | 710,500 | 608,500 | ||||
| Total expenses | 2,082,500 | 1,690,500 | ||||
| Net operating income | 597,500 | 425,000 | ||||
| Interest expense | 105,000 | 93,000 | ||||
| Net income before taxes | $ | 492,500 | $ | 332,000 | ||
Members of the company’s board of directors are surprised to see that net income increased by only $160,500 when sales increased by $1,776,000.
Required:
1. Express each year's income statement in common-size percentages.