ariable Costing Income Statement On April 30, the end of the first month of operations, Joplin Company prepared the following income statement, based on the absorption costing concept: Joplin Company Absorption Costing Income Statement For the Month Ended April 30 Sales (4,900 units)   $171,500    Cost of goods sold:     Cost of goods manufactured (5,600 units) $140,000      Inventory, April 30 (800 units) (20,000)     Total cost of goods sold   (120,000)   Gross profit   $51,500

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Variable Costing Income Statement

On April 30, the end of the first month of operations, Joplin Company prepared the following income statement, based on the absorption costing concept:

Joplin Company
Absorption Costing Income Statement
For the Month Ended April 30
Sales (4,900 units)   $171,500   
Cost of goods sold:    
Cost of goods manufactured (5,600 units) $140,000     
Inventory, April 30 (800 units) (20,000)    
Total cost of goods sold   (120,000)  
Gross profit   $51,500   
Selling and administrative expenses   (28,560)  
Operating income   $22,940   

If the fixed manufacturing costs were $29,400 and the fixed selling and administrative expenses were $13,990, prepare an income statement according to the variable costing concept. Round all final answers to whole dollars.

Joplin CompanyVariable Costing Income StatementFor the Month Ended April 30

 
  $Sales
Variable cost of goods sold:    
 
$Variable cost of goods manufactured  
 
Inventory, April 30  
 
  Total variable cost of goods sold
 
  $Manufacturing margin
 
  Variable selling and administrative expenses
 
  $Contribution margin
Fixed costs:    
 
$Fixed manufacturing costs  
 
Fixed selling and administrative expenses  
 
  Total fixed costs
 
  $Operating income
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A variable costing income statement subtracts all variable expenses from revenue to arrive at a separately stated contribution margin, which is then subtracted from all fixed expenses to arrive at the period's net profit or loss. When you want to determine the proportion of expenses that truly varies directly with revenue, it is useful to create an income statement in variable costing format. In many cases, the contribution margin will be significantly higher than the gross margin because so many of a company's production costs are fixed and so few of its selling and administrative expenses are variable.  This means that the variable costing income statement is organized around the variability of the underlying cost data rather than the functional areas or expense categories found in a traditional income statement.

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