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Differential Analysis Report for a Discontinued Product
The condensed product-line income statement for Porcelain Tableware Company is as follows:
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PORCELAIN TABLEWARE COMPANY Product-Line Income Statement |
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| Bowls | Plates | Cups | ||||||
| Sales | $658,000 | $903,000 | $272,000 | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | (271,000) | (335,000) | (154,000) | |||||
| Gross profit | $387,000 | $568,000 | $118,000 | |||||
| Selling and administrative expenses | (289,000) | (344,000) | (144,000) | |||||
| Operating income (loss) | $98,000 | $224,000 | $(26,000) | |||||
Fixed costs are 42% of the cost of goods sold and 16% of the selling and administrative expenses. Porcelain Tableware assumes that fixed costs would not be significantly affected if the Cups line were discontinued.
a. Prepare a differential analysis report for all three products.
| PORCELAIN TABLEWARE COMPANY | |||
| Product Income | |||
| Differential Analysis Report | |||
| Bowls | Plates | Cups | |
| Differential revenue from monthly sales: | |||
| Revenue from sales | $ | $ | $ |
| Differential costs of monthly sales: | |||
| Variable cost of goods sold | $ | $ | $ |
| Variable selling and administrative expenses | |||
| $ | $ | $ | |
| Monthly differential income from sales | $ | $ | $ |

By mistakely, we can write
selling and distribution expense, please consider them as selling
and administrative expenses.