AJ Manufacturing Company incurred $54,500 of fixed product cost and $43,600 of variable product cost during its first year of operation. Also during its first year, AJ incurred $17,350 of fixed and $13,900 of variable selling and administrative costs. The company sold all of the units it produced for $178,000. Required Prepare an income statement using the format required by generally accepted accounting Principles (GAAP). Prepare an income statement using the contribution margin approach.

Answer and Explanation:

The preparation of the income statement under following approaches are

Under  generally accepted accounting Principles (GAAP)

Sales $178,000

Less: cost of goods sold ($54,500 + $43,600) -$98,100

Gross margin $79,900

Less: selling & general admin ($17,350 + $13,900) -$31,250

Net income $48,650

Under contribution margin approach

Sales $178,000

Less: variable cost ($43,600 + $13,900) -$57.5

Contribution margin $120,500

Less: fixed cost ($54,500 + $17,350) -$71,850

Net income $48,650