Fundamental Accounting Principles
Fundamental Accounting Principles
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Author: John J Wild, Ken Shaw Accounting Professor, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 14QS
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Net Sales: Sales are the revenues earned by the company from its major operation. It is arrived after deducting sales returns if made by the customers from its gross sales.

Gross Profit: Gross Profit is the profit that is earned by the company after deducting cost of making the product from its sales.

Gross margin ratio: It is arrived by dividing the net sales from the gross profit and predicts the margin on net sales in percentage.

To Determine: The net sales, gross profit and the gross profit margin ratio and interpret the gross margin ratio results in case a.

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S. No. Net sales Gross profit Gross profit margin ratio
a =Sales-Sales discounts-   Sales returns and allowances=$150,000-$5,000-$20,000=$125,000 =Net sales-COGS=$125,000-$79,750=$45,250 =Gross profit÷Net sales×100=$45,250÷$125,000×100=36.20%
b =Sales-Sales discounts-   Sales returns and allowances=$550,000-$17,500-$6,000=$526,500 =Net sales-COGS=$526,500-$329,589=$196,911 =Gross profit÷Net sales×100=$196,911÷$526,500×100=37.40%
c =Sales-Sales discounts-   Sales returns and allowances=$38,700-$600-$5,100=$33,000 =Net sales-COGS=$33,000-$24,453=$8,547 =Gross profit÷Net sales×100=$8,547÷$33,000×100=25.90%
d =Sales-Sales discounts-   Sales returns and allowances=$255,700-$4,800-$900=$250,000 =Net sales-COGS=$250,000-$126,500=$123,500 =Gross profit÷Net sales×100=$123,500÷$250,000×100=49.40%

Interpretation of gross margin ratio of case a:

Gross margin ratio depicts how much earning is left over with the company after meeting the cost of goods sold. A higher ratio depicts the efficiency of the company in terms of its production cost. In case a, the company’s gross margin ratio is 36.20%. It shows that the company’s cost of goods sold in terms of sales percentage is 63.80%.

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