Chapter 02 – Cost Concepts and Behavior
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2-34. (10 min.) Prepare Statements for a Service Company: Jupiter Consultants
Sales revenue ……………………………..
Cost of services sold (b) ………………..
(Sales revenue – gross margin)
Gross margin ……………………………....
Marketing and administrative
costs (a) ……………………………………..
(Gross margin – operating profit)
Operating profit …………………………..
2-35. (20 min.) Prepare Statements for a Service Company: Lead! Inc.
You can solve this in the order shown below.
Lead!, Inc.
Income Statement
For the Month Ended April 30
Sales revenue …………………………………….…………………
Cost of services sold ……………………………………………………….
Gross margin ……………………………………..………………..
Marketing and administrative costs ………..…………………
Operating profit ($600,000 x 20%) …………………………..
a. Given
b. $120,000 = 20% x $600,000.
c. To find the cost of services sold plus marketing and administrative costs, start with
the operating profit (b). Then cost of services plus marketing and administrative costs is
$480,000 (= $600,000 – $120,000). But, marketing and administrative costs equal 25%
of cost of services sold, so,
Cost of services sold + marketing and administrative costs = $480,000 and
Marketing and adminstrative costs = .25 x Cost of services sold.
Combining these equations yields,
1.25 x Cost of services sold = $480,000