In: Accounting
Accounts payable $18,500
Accounts receivable 8,000
Accumulated depreciation-equipment 4,800
Bonds payable 18,000
Cash 24,000
Common stock 25,000
Cost of goods sold 27,000
Depreciation expense 4,800
Dividends 5,300
Equipment 44,000
Interest expense 2,500
Patents 7,500
Retained earnings, January 1 16,000
Salaries and wages expense 5,200
Sales revenue 50,500
Supplies 4,500
Determine the profitability ratio that tells us for every dollars of sales revenue how much operating profit the firm has generated.And solve for the ratio.
The First Step is to Segregation of Balance Sheet Items, Profit and Loss A/c Items and After Profit Appropriations :
Balance Sheet Items :
1. Accounts Payable $18,500
2. Accounts Receivable $8,000
3. Accumulated Depreciation- Equipment $4,800
4. Bonds Payable $18,000
5. Cash $24,000
6. Common Stock $25,000
7. Equipment $44,000
8.Patents $7,500
9. Retained Earnings $16,000
After Profit Appropriations :
10. Dividends $5,300
Profit and Loass A/c Items :
11. Cost of Goods Sold $27,000
12. Depreciation $4,800
13. Interrest Expense $2,500
14. Salaries and Wages $5,200
15 Supplies $4,500
16. Sales Revenue $50,500
Determination of Profitability Ratio :
Partuculars | Amount in $ |
Sales Revenue | 50,500 |
Less : Cost of Goods Sold | 27,000 |
Interest Expense | 2,500 |
Depreciation | 4,800 |
Salaries and Wages | 5,200 |
Supplies | 4,500 |
Opering Profit | 6,500 |
Operating Profit Ratio = Operating Profit / Sales Revenue
= 6,500/ 50,500
= 12.87%