Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Student Value Edition
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Student Value Edition
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ISBN: 9780133576863
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 1P
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Percent of Sales Method: Percent of sales method is the method which is used to forecast the financial statements. The forecast is made assuming that costs, working capital, and total assets will remain a fixed percent of sales as sales will grow. An income statement is prepared which explains the earnings of the firm and based on this statement hypothetical assumption is made and on these assumptions a balance sheet showing the forecasted items is prepared.

To determine:

Next year’s cost of goods sold.

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Given,

Amount of sales in the current year is $100,000.

Cost of goods sold is $72,000.

Forecasted amount of sales for the next year is $110,000.

The formula to calculate the cost of goods sold for the next year is,

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Student Value Edition, Chapter 18, Problem 1P , additional homework tip  1

Substitute $110,000 as the forecasted sales and 72% as the cost of goods sold as percent of current sales. (refer working note 1).

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Student Value Edition, Chapter 18, Problem 1P , additional homework tip  2

The cost of goods sold for the next year is $79,200.

Working note:

Calculation of cost of goods sold as the percentage of current sales.

The formula to calculate the cost of goods sold as a percentage of current sales is,

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Student Value Edition, Chapter 18, Problem 1P , additional homework tip  3

Substitute $72,000 for cost of goods sold and $100,000 for current sales.

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Student Value Edition, Chapter 18, Problem 1P , additional homework tip  4

The cost of goods sold as a percent of current sales is 72%.

Conclusion

Thus, the forecasted amount of goods sold for the next year is $79,200.

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