In: Accounting
Variable Costing
Ferguson Company has the following information for July:
Sales | $630,000 |
Variable cost of goods sold | 289,800 |
Fixed manufacturing costs | 94,500 |
Variable selling and administrative expenses | 69,300 |
Fixed selling and administrative expenses | 37,800 |
Determine the following for Ferguson Company for the month of July:
a. Manufacturing margin | $ |
b. Contribution margin | $ |
c. Income from operations | $ |
Part (a) | Manufacturing margin | ||||||
Sales | 630,000 | ||||||
Less : Cost of goods sold | |||||||
Variable cost of goods sold | 289,800 | ||||||
Fixed manufacturing costs | 94,500 | ||||||
Variable selling and administrative expenses | 69,300 | ||||||
Fixed selling and administrative expenses | 37,800 | 491,400 | |||||
Manufacturing margin | 138,600 | ||||||
Part (b) | Contribution margin | ||||||
Sales | 630,000 | ||||||
Less : Variable cost | |||||||
Variable cost of goods sold | 289,800 | ||||||
Variable selling and administrative expenses | 69,300 | 359,100 | |||||
Contribution margin | 270,900 | ||||||
Part (c) | Income from operations is equal to Manufacturing margin i.e. $138,600 since there is no further data. |