The Alpine House, Incorporated, is a large retailer of snow skis. The company assembled the information shown below for the quarter ended March 31:     Amount Sales $ 1,462,000 Selling price per pair of skis $ 430 Variable selling expense per pair of skis $ 47 Variable administrative expense per pair of skis $ 20 Total fixed selling expense $ 135,000 Total fixed administrative expense $ 100,000 Beginning merchandise inventory $ 70,000 Ending merchandise inventory $ 110,000 Merchandise purchases $ 295,000   Required: 1. Prepare a traditional income statement for the quarter ended March 31. 2. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter ended March 31. 3. What was the contribution margin per unit?

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Exercise 1-15 (Algo) Traditional and Contribution Format Income Statements [LO1-6]

The Alpine House, Incorporated, is a large retailer of snow skis. The company assembled the information shown below for the quarter ended March 31:

 

  Amount
Sales $ 1,462,000
Selling price per pair of skis $ 430
Variable selling expense per pair of skis $ 47
Variable administrative expense per pair of skis $ 20
Total fixed selling expense $ 135,000
Total fixed administrative expense $ 100,000
Beginning merchandise inventory $ 70,000
Ending merchandise inventory $ 110,000
Merchandise purchases $ 295,000

 

Required:

1. Prepare a traditional income statement for the quarter ended March 31.

2. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter ended March 31.

3. What was the contribution margin per unit?

 

 
 
 
 
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