An income statement is a financial statement that reports a company's financial performance over a specific accounting period. It also shows the net profit or loss incurred over a specific accounting period.
An avoidable cost is a cost that can be eliminated by not engaging in or no longer performing an activity.
Unavoidable costs is a cost that cannot be eliminated by not engaging in or no longer performing an activity.
Generally all variable cost are avoidable cost and fixed cost are unavoidable cost.
To determine:
We have to determine the following:
1) Income statement by eliminating departments with expected net losses
2) Income statement by eliminating departments with sales dollars that are less than avoidable expenses
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