dies. income statement follows. sales Cost of goods sold Gross profit MERLINE MANUFACTURING Income Statement For Month Ended December 31 Selling, general, and administrative expenses sales commissions (10%) Advertising office rent Administrative salaries Depreciation-office equipment office Insurance Net income $ 144,000 228,000 25,400 47,000 57,000 13,400 $ 1,440,000 700,000 740,000 514,800 $ 225,200 Management expects December's results to be repeated in January, February, and March without any changes in strategy. Management, however, has an alternative plan. It belleves that if the unit selling price is reduced to $129 per unit and advertising is Increased to $285,000 per month, sales units will be 11,000 for January, 12,100 for February, and 13,310 for March. The cost of its product will remain at $70 per unit, the sales staff will continue to earn a 10% commission, and the remaining expenses will stay the same. Required: 1. Prepare budgeted Income statements for each of the months of January, February, and March that show results from Implementing the proposed plan. 2. For the proposed plan, Is Income In March budgeted to be higher than Income in December? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Reporting Cash Flows
Reporting of cash flows means a statement of cash flow which is a financial statement. A cash flow statement is prepared by gathering all the data regarding inflows and outflows of a company. The cash flow statement includes cash inflows and outflows from various activities such as operating, financing, and investment. Reporting this statement is important because it is the main financial statement of the company.
Balance Sheet
A balance sheet is an integral part of the set of financial statements of an organization that reports the assets, liabilities, equity (shareholding) capital, other short and long-term debts, along with other related items. A balance sheet is one of the most critical measures of the financial performance and position of the company, and as the name suggests, the statement must balance the assets against the liabilities and equity. The assets are what the company owns, and the liabilities represent what the company owes. Equity represents the amount invested in the business, either by the promoters of the company or by external shareholders. The total assets must match total liabilities plus equity.
Financial Statements
Financial statements are written records of an organization which provide a true and real picture of business activities. It shows the financial position and the operating performance of the company. It is prepared at the end of every financial cycle. It includes three main components that are balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
Owner's Capital
Before we begin to understand what Owner’s capital is and what Equity financing is to an organization, it is important to understand some basic accounting terminologies. A double-entry bookkeeping system Normal account balances are those which are expected to have either a debit balance or a credit balance, depending on the nature of the account. An asset account will have a debit balance as normal balance because an asset is a debit account. Similarly, a liability account will have the normal balance as a credit balance because it is amount owed, representing a credit account. Equity is also said to have a credit balance as its normal balance. However, sometimes the normal balances may be reversed, often due to incorrect journal or posting entries or other accounting/ clerical errors.
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![Merline Manufacturing makes its product for $70 per unit and sells it for $144 per unit. The sales staff receives a commission of 10% of
sales. Its December Income statement follows.
Sales
Cost of goods sold
Gross profit
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
Sales commissions (10%)
Advertising
office rent
Administrative salaries
Depreciation office equipment
office Insurance
Net income
MERLINE MANUFACTURING
Income Statement
For Month Ended December 31
$ 144,000
228,000
Required 1 Required 2
25,400
47,000
57,000
13,400
Management expects December's results to be repeated in January, February, and March without any changes in strategy.
Management, however, has an alternative plan. It believes that if the unit selling price is reduced to $129 per unit and advertising is
Increased to $285,000 per month, sales units will be 11,000 for January, 12,100 for February, and 13,310 for March. The cost of its
product will remain at $70 per unit, the sales staff will continue to earn a 10% commission, and the remaining expenses will stay the
same.
Budgeted sales (in dollars)
Required:
1. Prepare budgeted Income statements for each of the months of January, February, and March that show results from
Implementing the proposed plan.
2. For the proposed plan, Is Income In March budgeted to be higher than Income In December?
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
$ 1,440,000
700,000
740,000
Prepare budgeted income statements for each of the months of January, February, and March that show results from
implementing the proposed plan.
Note: Enter your final answers in whole dollars.
MERLINE MANUFACTURING
Budgeted Sales
January
514,800
$ 225,200
MERLINE MANUFACTURING
Budgeted Income Statement
January
February
February
March
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