In: Accounting
Variable Costing
Leone Company has the following information for February:
| Sales | $600,000 | 
| Variable cost of goods sold | 288,000 | 
| Fixed manufacturing costs | 90,000 | 
| Variable selling and administrative expenses | 60,000 | 
| Fixed selling and administrative expenses | 36,000 | 
Determine the following for Leone Company for the month of February:
| a. Manufacturing margin | $ | 
| b. Contribution margin | $ | 
| c. Operating income | $ | 
Leone sales is $600,000
$36,000 is the fixed selling and administrative expenses of Leone
Leone variable selling and administrative cost is $60,000
Variable portion of cost of goods sold of Leone is $288,000
Fixed manufacturing costs is $90,000 incurred
a Calculation of Leone manufacturing margin
| Particulars | $ | 
| Sales | 600,000 | 
| Less fixed manufacturing costs | 90,000 | 
| Less Variable cost of goods sold | 288,000 | 
| Manufacturing margin | 222,000 | 
$222,000 is the manufacturing margin of Leone Company
b computation of contribution margin of Leone company
| Particulars | $ | 
| Sales | 600,000 | 
| Less variable portion of cost of goods sold | 288,000 | 
| Less variable selling and administrative expenses | 60,000 | 
| Contribution margin of Leone | 252,000 | 
Leone company contribution margin is $252,000
3 Calculation of Leone company operating income
| Particulars | $ | 
| Sales | 600,000 | 
| Less variable selling and administrative expenses | 60,000 | 
| Less fixed manufacturing cost | 90,000 | 
| Less variable cost of goods sold | 288,000 | 
| Less fixed selling and administrative expenses | 36,000 | 
| Operating income | 126,000 | 
$126,000 is the operating income of Leone company
$222,000 is manufacturing margin, $252,000 is the operating margin and $126,000 operating income of Leone company. Manufacturing margin ($222,000) is also know as gross margin.
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