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The following costs result from the production and sale of 1,000 drum sets manuf

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The following costs result from the production and sale of 1,000 drum sets manufactured by Tight Drums Company for the year ended December 31, 2015. The drum sets sell for $500 each. The company has a 25% income tax rate.

  

Compute its contribution margin per unit and its contribution margin ratio. Prepare a contribution margin income statement. Interpret the contribution margin and contrubition margin ratio.

     Variable production costs      Plastic for casing $ 17,000      Wages of assembly workers 82,000      Drum stands 26,000   Variable selling costs      Sales commissions 15,000   Fixed manufacturing costs      Taxes on factory 5,000      Factory maintenance 10,000      Factory machinery depreciation 40,000   Fixed selling and administrative costs      Lease of equipment for sales staff 10,000      Accounting staff salaries 35,000      Administrative management salaries 125,000

Compute its contribution margin per unit and its contribution margin ratio. Prepare a contribution margin income statement. Interpret the contribution margin and contrubition margin ratio.

Explanation / Answer

Statement showing computations Particulars Amount Sales Revenue = 1,000*500      500,000.00 Variable Costs: Plastic for casing        17,000.00 Wages of assembly workers        82,000.00 Drum stands        26,000.00    Sales commissions        15,000.00 Total Variable costs      140,000.00 Contribution = 500,000 - 140,000      360,000.00 Fixed Costs: Taxes on factory          5,000.00 Factory maintenance        10,000.00 Factory machinery depreciation        40,000.00 Lease of equipment for sales staff        10,000.00      Accounting staff salaries        35,000.00 Administrative management salaries      125,000.00 Total fixed Costs      225,000.00 Income = Contribution - FC      135,000.00 Taxes @25%        33,750.00 Net Income      101,250.00 Contribution Margin per unit= 360,000/1,000              360.00 CM Ratio = 360,000/500,000                   0.72

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