B Hardware is a company in the retail industry. Assume it is the end of the year and they are preparing their budgets for the upcoming year. The following information is available: Expected sales are: January 280 000€; February 220 000€. The company's Cost of Sales is 30% of sales. The company's purchasing policy is to buy 80% in the month of sale and 20% in the month before sal Variable selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at 10% of sales except for a provision of bad debts which came to 2 000€ in January. Also bad debts expected to be actually written off durin January come to 1 000€.

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LB Hardware is a company in the retail industry. Assume it is the end of the year and they are preparing their
budgets for the upcoming year. The following information is available:
Expected sales are: January 280 000€; February 220 000€.
The company's Cost of Sales is 30% of sales.
The company's purchasing policy is to buy 80% in the month of sale and 20% in the month before sale.
Variable selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at 10% of sales except for a provision of
bad debts which came to 2 000€ in January. Also bad debts expected to be actually written off during
January come to 1 000€.
Fixed selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at 30 000€ every month which excludes
depreciation of 5 000€.
The company is paying a 15 000€ instalment per month in order to pay back a long-term loan. Of this
amount 5 000€ represents interest payment and 10 000€ payment on the principal amount.
The company's tax rate is 20% and tax is paid at the end of the year.
Required:
Prepare the company's budgeted income statement for January.
Transcribed Image Text:LB Hardware is a company in the retail industry. Assume it is the end of the year and they are preparing their budgets for the upcoming year. The following information is available: Expected sales are: January 280 000€; February 220 000€. The company's Cost of Sales is 30% of sales. The company's purchasing policy is to buy 80% in the month of sale and 20% in the month before sale. Variable selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at 10% of sales except for a provision of bad debts which came to 2 000€ in January. Also bad debts expected to be actually written off during January come to 1 000€. Fixed selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at 30 000€ every month which excludes depreciation of 5 000€. The company is paying a 15 000€ instalment per month in order to pay back a long-term loan. Of this amount 5 000€ represents interest payment and 10 000€ payment on the principal amount. The company's tax rate is 20% and tax is paid at the end of the year. Required: Prepare the company's budgeted income statement for January.
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