Chapter 5: Q5-23RQ (page 294)
What does the gross profit percentage measure, and how is it calculated?
Short Answer
The gross profit percentage measures a company’s ability to generate profits and cover itsoperating expenses.
Chapter 5: Q5-23RQ (page 294)
What does the gross profit percentage measure, and how is it calculated?
The gross profit percentage measures a company’s ability to generate profits and cover itsoperating expenses.
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The records of Farm Quality Steak Company list the following selected accounts for the quarter ended April 30, 2018:
Interest Revenue \( 400 Accounts Payable \) 17,700
Merchandise Inventory 45,000 Accounts Receivable 38,200
Notes Payable, long-term 54,000 Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 37,700
Salaries Payable 2,800 Common Stock 30,000
Net Sales Revenue 298,000 Retained Earnings 5,380
Rent Expense (Selling) 15,100 Dividends 25,000
Salaries Expense (Administrative) 2,000 Cash 7,100
Office Supplies 6,500 Cost of Goods Sold 154,960
Unearned Revenue 13,100 Equipment 132,000
Interest Expense 2,100 Interest Payable 1,700
Depreciation Expense—Equipment (Administrative) 1,320
Rent Expense (Administrative) 7,100
Utilities Expense (Administrative) 4,600 Salaries Expense (Selling) 6,000
Delivery Expense (Selling) 3,800 Utilities Expense (Selling) 10,000
Requirements
1. Prepare a single-step income statement.
2. Prepare a multi-step income statement.
3. M. Doherty, manager of the company, strives to earn a gross profit percentage of at least 50%. Did Farm Quality achieve this goal? Show your calculations
The unadjusted trial balance for Tuttle Electronics Company follows:
TUTTLE ELECTRONICS COMPANY
Unadjusted Trial Balance
October 31, 2018
Balance
Account Title Debit Credit
Cash \(4,200
Accounts Receivable 33,800
Merchandise Inventory 45,700
Office Supplies 5,700
Equipment 129,500
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment \)37,200
Accounts Payable 15,600
Unearned Revenue 13,400
Notes Payable, long-term 53,000
Common Stock 48,000
Retained Earnings 6,700
Dividends 27,000
Sales Revenue 300,300
Cost of Goods Sold 171,600
Salaries Expense (Selling) 26,000
Rent Expense (Selling) 15,400
Salaries Expense (Administrative) 4,800
Utilities Expense (Administrative) 10,500
Total \(474,200 \)474,200
Requirements
1. Journalize the adjusting entries using the following data:
a. Interest revenue accrued, \(550.
b. Salaries (Selling) accrued, \)2,800.
c. Depreciation Expense—Equipment (Administrative), \(1,295.
d. Interest expense accrued, \)1,500.
e. A physical count of inventory was completed. The ending Merchandise Inventory should have a balance of \(45,300.
f. Tuttle estimates that approximately \)6,200 of merchandise sold will be returned with a cost of $2,480.
2. Prepare Tuttle Electronics’s adjusted trial balance as of October 31, 2018.
3. Prepare Tuttle Electronics’s multi-step income statement for year ended October 31, 2018.
The adjusted trial balance of Rockin Robbin Dance Company at April 30, 2018, follows:
ROCKIN ROBBIN DANCE COMPANY
Adjusted Trial Balance
April 30, 2018
Balance
Account Title Debit Credit
Cash \(4,400
Accounts Receivable 38,000
Merchandise Inventory 17,800
Office Supplies 850
Furniture 39,900
Accumulated Depreciation-Furniture \)8,300
Accounts Payable 14,100
Salaries Payable 1,000
Unearned Revenue 6,500
Notes Payable, long-term 12,000
Common Stock 5,000
Retained Earnings 36,150
Dividends 40,000
Sales Revenue 178,500
Cost of Goods Sold 83,700
Selling Expense 19,000
Administrative Expense 16,000
Interest Expense 1,900
Total \(261,550 \)261,550
Requirements
1. Prepare Rockin Robbin’s multi-step income statement for the year ended April 30, 2018.
2. Journalize Rockin Robbin’s closing entries.
3. Prepare a post-closing trial balance as of April 30, 2018.
D & T Printing Supplies’ accounting records include the following accounts at December 31, 2018.
Purchases \( 185,200 Accumulated Depreciation—Building \) 21,000
Accounts Payable 7,700 Cash 18,100
Rent Expense 8,600 Sales Revenue 257,800
Building 42,800 Depreciation Expense—Building 4,700
Common Stock 55,000 Dividends 26,500
Retained Earnings 30,400 Interest Expense 1,900
Merchandise Inventory,
Beginning 119,000 Merchandise Inventory,
Ending 102,100
Notes Payable 11,300 Purchase Returns and Allowances 20,700
Purchase Discounts 2,900
Requirements
1. Journalize the required closing entries for D & T Printing Supplies assuming that D & T uses the periodic inventory system.
2. Determine the ending balance in the Retained Earnings account.
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