Two different companies, Vogel Corporation and Hatcher Corporation, entered into the following inventory transactions during December. Both companies use a perpetual inventory system using the gross method of recording sales discounts. December 3 – Vogel Corporation sold inventory on account to Hatcher Corporation for $489,000, terms 2/10, n/30. This inventory originally cost Vogel $310,000. December 8 – Hatcher Corporation returned inventory to Vogel Corporation for a credit of $4,500. Vogel returned this inventory to inventory at its original cost of $2,853. December 12 – Hatcher Corporation paid Vogel Corporation for the amount owed. Required: Prepare the journal entries to record these transactions on the books of Vogel Corporation. What is the amount of net sales to be reported on Vogel Corporation’s income statement? What is the Vogel Corporation’s gross profit percentage?

Milden company has an exclusive franchise to purchase a product from the manufacturer and distribute it on the retail level. as an aid in planning, the company has decided to start using a contribution format income statement. to have data to prepare such a statement, the company has analyzed its expenses and has developed the following cost formulas: cost cost formula cost of good sold $35 per unit sold advertising expense $210,000 per quarter sales commissions 6% of sales shipping expense ? administrative salaries $145,000 per quarter insurance expense $9,000 per quarter depreciation expense $76,000 per quarter management has concluded that shipping expense is a mixed cost, containing both variable and fixed cost elements. units sold and the related shipping expense over the last eight quarters follow: quarter units sold shipping expense year 1: first 10,000 $ 119,000 second 16,000 $ 175,000 third 18,000 $ 190,000 fourth 15,000 $ 164,000 year 2: first 11,000 $ 130,000 second 17,000 $ 185,000 third 20,000 $ 210,000 fourth 13,000 $ 147,000 milden company’s president would like a cost formula derived for shipping expense so that a budgeted contribution format income statement can be prepared for the next quarter. required: 1. using the high-low method, estimate a cost formula for shipping expe