Chapter 5, Problem 5.45BP

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To determine

The income statement: This is a financial statement that shows the net income earned or net loss suffered by a company through reporting all the revenues earned and expenses incurred by the company over a specific period of time. An income statement is also known as an operations statement, an earnings statement, a revenue statement, or a profit and loss statement. The net income is the excess of revenue over expenses.

Single-step income statement: It is an income statement format in which a single subtotal of all revenue items are listed in one column and a single subtotal of all expense items including cost of goods sold are listed in another column. Thus, the subtotal of all expense items is deducted from the subtotal of all revenue items to arrive at the net income at the bottom of the statement.

To Prepare: The single-step income statement of Company GAB for the quarter ended September 30, 2018.

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To determine

Multi step income statement: A multiple step income statement refers to the income statement that shows the operating and non-operating activities of the business under separate head. In different steps of the multi-step income statement, principal operating activities are reported that starts from the record of sales revenue with all contra sales revenue account like sales returns, allowances and sales discounts.

To Prepare: The multi-step income statement of Company GAB for the quarter ended September 30, 2018.

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To determine

Gross profit percentage is the financial ratio that shows the relationship between the gross profit and net sales. Gross profit is the difference between the total revenues and cost of goods sold. It is calculated by using the following formula:

$\text{Gross profit rate}=\frac{\text{Gross profit}}{\text{Net sales}}\times 100$

To Calculate: The gross profit percentage of Company GAB