Swift Corp., a capital goods manufacturing business that started on January 4, 2010, and operates on a calendar-year basis, uses the installment-sales method of profit recognition in accounting for all its sales. The following data were taken from the 2010 and 2011 records.
2010
2011
- Installment sales $480,000 $620,000
- Gross profit as a percent of costs 25% 28%
- Cash collections on sales of 2010 $130,000 $240,000
- Cash collections on sales of 2011 -0- $160,000
The amounts given for cash collections exclude amounts collected for interest charges. (If answer is zero, please enter 0, do not leave any fields blank.)
(a) Compute the amount of realized gross profit to be recognized on the 2011 income statement, prepared using the installment-sales method.
(c) Compute the amount of realized gross profit to be recognized on the income statement, prepared using the cost-recovery method.
2010
2011