Marwick’s Pianos, Incorporated, purchases pianos from a large manufacturer for an average cost of $1,519 per unit and then sells them to retail customers for an average price of $3,000 each. The company’s selling and administrative costs for a typical month are presented below:   Costs Cost Formula Selling:   Advertising $968 per month Sales salaries and commissions $4,783 per month, plus 5% of sales Delivery of pianos to customers $60 per piano sold Utilities $661 per month Depreciation of sales facilities $5,069 per month Administrative:   Executive salaries $13,430 per month Insurance $696 per month Clerical $2,538 per month, plus $38 per piano sold Depreciation of office equipment $884 per month   During August, Marwick’s Pianos, Incorporated, sold and delivered 59 pianos.   Required: 1. Prepare a traditional format income statement for Au

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Marwick’s Pianos, Incorporated, purchases pianos from a large manufacturer for an average cost of $1,519 per unit and then sells them to retail customers for an average price of $3,000 each. The company’s selling and administrative costs for a typical month are presented below:

 

Costs Cost Formula
Selling:  
Advertising $968 per month
Sales salaries and commissions $4,783 per month, plus 5% of sales
Delivery of pianos to customers $60 per piano sold
Utilities $661 per month
Depreciation of sales facilities $5,069 per month
Administrative:  
Executive salaries $13,430 per month
Insurance $696 per month
Clerical $2,538 per month, plus $38 per piano sold
Depreciation of office equipment $884 per month

 

During August, Marwick’s Pianos, Incorporated, sold and delivered 59 pianos.

 

Required:

1. Prepare a traditional format income statement for August.
2. Prepare a contribution format income statement for August. Show costs and revenues on both a total and a per unit basis down through contribution margin.

 

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