In: Accounting
The Alpine House, Inc., is a large retailer of snow skis. The company assembled the information shown below for the quarter ended March 31:
Sales $ 1,271,000
Selling price per pair of skis $ 410
Variable selling expense per pair of skis $ 50
Variable administrative expense per pair of skis $ 18
Total fixed selling expense $ 150,000
Total fixed administrative expense $ 125,000
Beginning merchandise inventory $ 65,000
Ending merchandise inventory $ 115,000
Merchandise purchases $ 290,000
Required: 1. Prepare a traditional income statement for the quarter ended March 31.
2. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter ended March 31.
3. What was the contribution margin per unit?
(Please write clearly in a piece of paper in a formatted way so that I can see properly.)
1. Prepare a traditional income statement for the quarter ended March 31.
| Sales | 1271000 | |
| Less: Cost of goods sold | ||
| Beginning inventory | 65000 | |
| Purchase | 290000 | |
| Less; Ending inventory | -115000 | |
| Cost of goods sold | 240000 | |
| Gross margin | 1031000 | |
| Less:Selling and administrative expe | ||
| Selling expense (3100*50+150000) | 305000 | |
| Administrative expense (3100*18+125000) | 180800 | |
| Total selling and administrative expense | 485800 | |
| Net operating income | 545200 |
2. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter ended March 31.
| Sales | 1271000 | |
| Less: Cost of goods sold | ||
| Beginning inventory | 65000 | |
| Purchase | 290000 | |
| Less; Ending inventory | -115000 | |
| Cost of goods sold | 240000 | |
| manufacturing margin | 1031000 | |
| Less:Variable Selling and administrative expe (50+18)*3100 | 210800 | |
| Contribution margin | 820200 | |
| Fixed selling and administrative expense | 275000 | |
| Net operating income | 545200 |
Contribution margin per unit = 820200/3100 = 264.58 per unit