Omstadt Corporation produces and sells only two products that are referred to as RIPS and PITS.Production is "for order" only, and no finished goods inventories are maintained; work in process inventories are negligible.The following data relate to last month's operations: $36,000 of the manufacturing overhead assigned to RIPS and $72,000 of that assigned to PITS is fixed.The balance of the overhead is variable.Selling expenses consist entirely of commissions paid as a percentage of sales.Direct labor is completely variable.Administrative expenses are fixed and cannot be traced to the products but have been arbitrarily allocated to the products.
Required:
Prepare a segmented income statement, in total and for the two products.Use the contribution approach.

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Omstadt Corporation produces and sells only two products that are referred to as RIPS and PITS.Production is "for order" only, and no finished goods inventories are maintained; work in process inventories are negligible.The following data relate to last month's operations:  $36,000 of the manufacturing overhead assigned to RIPS and $72,000 of that assigned to PITS is fixed.The balance of the overhead is variable.Selling expenses consist entirely of commissions paid as a percentage of sales.Direct labor is completely variable.Administrative expenses are fixed and cannot be traced to the products but have been arbitrarily allocated to the products.
Required:
Prepare a segmented income statement, in total and for the two products.Use the contribution approach.

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The Answer of Omstadt Corporation produces and sells only two products that are referred to as RIPS and PITS.Production is "for order" only, and no finished goods inventories are maintained; work in process inventories are negligible.The following data relate to last month's operations:  $36,000 of the manufacturing overhead assigned to RIPS and $72,000 of that assigned to PITS is fixed.The balance of the overhead is variable.Selling expenses consist entirely of commissions paid as a percentage of sales.Direct labor is completely variable.Administrative expenses are fixed and cannot be traced to the products but have been arbitrarily allocated to the products.
Required:
Prepare a segmented income statement, in total and for the two products.Use the contribution approach.

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