Prepare a contribution margin income statement


Assignment: The following costs result from the production and sale of 2,000 drums sets manufactured by Harris Drum Company for the year ended December 31, 2009. The drum sets sell for $500 each. The company has a 25% income tax rate.

Harris Drum Company

Contribution Margin Income Statement

For Year Ended December 31, 2009

                                                          (2,000 units)               Per unit     % of sales

Sales ($500 x 2,000)............

 

$1,000,000

 

$500.00

100%

Variable costs

 

 

 

 

 

  Plastic for casing..............

$  34,600

 

$17.30

 

 

  Assembly worker wages......

164,000

 

82.00

 

 

  Drum stands.....................

52,000

 

26.00

 

 

  Sales commissions...........

    30,000

    388,800

  0.10

  1.62

  18%

Contribution margin............

 

1,771,200

 

$7.38

  82%

Fixed costs

 

 

 

 

 

  Taxes on factory...................

10,000

 

 

 

 

  Factory maintenance....... as

20,000

 

 

 

 

  Factory mach. depreciation.....................................................

80,000

 

 

 

 

  Staff equipment lease..........

20,000

 

 

 

 

  Accounting staff salaries....

70,000

 

 

 

 

  Admin. mgmt. salaries.........

  250,000

  450,000

 

 

 

Pretax income..........................

 

451,200

 

 

 

Income tax (25%).....................

 

     112,800

 

 

 

Net income................................

 

$   338,400

 

 

 


Part 1. Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the company.

Part 2. Compute its contribution margin per unit and its contribution margin ratio.

Part 3  Analysis Component

Contribution margin shows how much of total sales are available to cover fixed costs and contribute to operating income.  This is why the title for this statement is “Contribution Margin Income Statement.”  Contribution margin ratio shows management the percent of each sales dollar that is available to cover fixed costs and to contribute to operating income.  That is, for each $1 of sales, $0.82 is available both to cover fixed costs and to contribute to operating income.

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