Question

Gold Star Rice, Ltd., of Thailand exports Thai rice throughout Asia. The company grows three varieties of rice—White, Fragrant, and Loonzain. Budgeted sales by product and in total for the coming month are shown below:

	Product
	White					Fragrant					Loonzain					Total
Percentage of total sales		48	%				20	%				32	%				100	%
Sales	$	364,800		100	%	$	152,000		100	%	$	243,200		100	%	$	760,000		100	%
Variable expenses		109,440		30	%		121,600		80	%		133,760		55	%		364,800		48	%
Contribution margin	$	255,360		70	%	$	30,400		20	%	$	109,440		45	%		395,200		52	%
Fixed expenses																	228,280
Net operating income																$	166,920

Dollar sales to break-even	=	Fixed expenses	=	$228,280	= $439,000
		CM ratio		0.52

As shown by these data, net operating income is budgeted at $166,920 for the month and the estimated break-even sales is $439,000.

Assume that actual sales for the month total $760,000 as planned. Actual sales by product are: White, $243,200; Fragrant, $304,000; and Loonzain, $212,800.

Required:

1. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the month based on the actual sales data.

2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the month based on your actual data.

	Gold Star Rice, Ltd. Contribution Income Statement Product White Fragrant Loonzain Total Percentage of total sales % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

Break-even point in dollar sales:

Answer 1

1
	White		Fragrant		Loonzain		Total
Percentage of total sales		32%		40%		28%		100%
Sales	243200	100%	304000	100%	212800	100%	760000	100%
Variable expenses	72960	30%	243200	80%	117040	55%	433200	57%
Contribution margin	170240	70%	60800	20%	95760	45%	326800	43%
Fixed expenses							228280
Net operating income							98520
2
Dollar sales to break even	530884	=228280/43%