Income Statement - Cover-to-Cover Cover-to-Cover Company Contribution Margin Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 20Y8 Sales $404,000 Variable costs: Manufacturing expense $242,400 Selling expense 20,200 Administrative expense 60,600 (323,200) Contribution margin $80,800 Fixed costs: Manufacturing expense $5,000 Selling expense 4,000 Administrative expense 11,200 (20,200) Operating income $60,600 Income Statement - Biblio Files Biblio Files Company Contribution Margin Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 20Y8 Sales $404,000 Variable costs: Manufacturing expense $161,600 Selling expense 16,160 Administrative expense 64,640 (242,400) Contribution margin $161,600 Fixed costs: Manufacturing expense $83,000 Selling expense 8,000 Administrative expense 10,000 (101,000) Operating income $60,600 Sales Mix Biblio Files Company is making plans for its next fiscal year, and decides to sell two new types of bookshelves, Basic and Deluxe. The company has compiled the following estimates for the new product offerings. Type of Bookshelf Sales Price per Unit Variable Cost per Unit Basic $5.00 $1.75 Deluxe 9.00 8.10 The company is interested in determining how many of each type of bookshelf would have to be sold in order to break even. If we think of the Basic and Deluxe products as components of one overall enterprise product called “Combined,” the unit contribution margin for the Combined product would be $2.31. Fixed costs for the upcoming year are estimated at $323,400. Recall that the totals of all the sales mix percents must be 100%. Determine the amounts to complete the following table. Type of Bookshelf Percent of Sales Mix Break-Even Sales in Units Break-Even Sales in Dollars Basic fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_1% fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_2 $fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_3 Deluxe fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_4% fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_5 $fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_6 Question Content Area Target Profit Refer again to the income statements for Cover-to-Cover Company and Biblio Files Company on their respective Income Statement. Note that both companies have the same sales and net income. Answer questions (1) - (3) that follow, assuming that all data for the coming year is the same as the current year, except for the amount of sales. 1. If Cover-to-Cover Company wants to increase its profit by $30,000 in the coming year, what must their amount of sales be? $fill in the blank 49c0fffdcfff024_1 2. If Biblio Files Company wants to increase its profit by $30,000 in the coming year, what must their amount of sales be? $fill in the blank 49c0fffdcfff024_2 3. What would explain the difference between your answers for (1) and (2)? a. Biblio Files Company has a higher contribution margin ratio, and so more of each sales dollar is available to cover fixed costs and provide operating income. b. Cover-to-Cover Company’s contribution margin ratio is lower, meaning that it’s more efficient in its operations. c. The companies have goals that are not in the relevant range. d. The answers are not different; each company has the same required sales amount for the coming year to achieve the desired target profit.
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Income Statement - Cover-to-Cover
Cover-to-Cover Company
Contribution Margin Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 20Y8Sales $404,000 Variable costs: Manufacturing expense $242,400 Selling expense 20,200 Administrative expense 60,600 (323,200) Contribution margin $80,800 Fixed costs: Manufacturing expense $5,000 Selling expense 4,000 Administrative expense 11,200 (20,200) Operating income $60,600 Income Statement - Biblio Files
Biblio Files Company
Contribution Margin Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 20Y8Sales $404,000 Variable costs: Manufacturing expense $161,600 Selling expense 16,160 Administrative expense 64,640 (242,400) Contribution margin $161,600 Fixed costs: Manufacturing expense $83,000 Selling expense 8,000 Administrative expense 10,000 (101,000) Operating income $60,600 Sales Mix
Biblio Files Company is making plans for its next fiscal year, and decides to sell two new types of bookshelves, Basic and Deluxe. The company has compiled the following estimates for the new product offerings.
Type of
BookshelfSales Price
per UnitVariable Cost
per UnitBasic $5.00 $1.75 Deluxe 9.00 8.10 The company is interested in determining how many of each type of bookshelf would have to be sold in order to break even. If we think of the Basic and Deluxe products as components of one overall enterprise product called “Combined,” the unit contribution margin for the Combined product would be $2.31. Fixed costs for the upcoming year are estimated at $323,400. Recall that the totals of all the sales mix percents must be 100%. Determine the amounts to complete the following table.
Type of Bookshelf Percent of Sales Mix Break-Even Sales in Units Break-Even Sales in Dollars Basic fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_1% fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_2 $fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_3 Deluxe fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_4% fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_5 $fill in the blank 7a0224fbc009049_6 Question Content Area
Target Profit
Refer again to the income statements for Cover-to-Cover Company and Biblio Files Company on their respective Income Statement. Note that both companies have the same sales and net income. Answer questions (1) - (3) that follow, assuming that all data for the coming year is the same as the current year, except for the amount of sales.
1. If Cover-to-Cover Company wants to increase its profit by $30,000 in the coming year, what must their amount of sales be?
$fill in the blank 49c0fffdcfff024_12. If Biblio Files Company wants to increase its profit by $30,000 in the coming year, what must their amount of sales be?
$fill in the blank 49c0fffdcfff024_23. What would explain the difference between your answers for (1) and (2)?
a. Biblio Files Company has a higher contribution margin ratio, and so more of each sales dollar is available to cover fixed costs and provide operating income.
b. Cover-to-Cover Company’s contribution margin ratio is lower, meaning that it’s more efficient in its operations.
c. The companies have goals that are not in the relevant range.
d. The answers are not different; each company has the same required sales amount for the coming year to achieve the desired target profit.
In order to determine the Breakeven point, the fixed cost are required to be divided by the contribution margin per unit. Contribution margin per unit can be computed by deducting the variable cost per unit from the selling price per unit. At Break-even point, Profit /loss is Zero.
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