tamarisk, Inc. is a company that manufactures and sells a single product. Unit sales for each of the four quarters of 2020 are projected as follows. Quarter   Units   First   96,000   Second   180,000   Third   660,000   Fourth   144,000   Annual total   1,080,000   Tamarisk incurs variable manufacturing costs of $0.40 per unit and variable nonmanufacturing costs of $0.35 per unit. Tamarisk will incur fixed manufacturing costs of $864,000 and fixed nonmanufacturing costs of $1,296,000. Tamarisk will sell its product for $4 per unit.   (a) Determine the amount of net income Tamarisk will report in each of the four quarters of 2020, assuming actual sales are as projected and employing the integral approach to interim financial reporting. (Ignore income taxes.) Repeat the analysis under the discrete approach.      1st Quarter   2nd Quarter   3rd Quarter   4th Quarter   Net income (Integral Approach)   $    $    $    $    Net income (Discrete Approach)   $    $    $    $      (b1) Compute Tamarisk’s profit margin on sales for each of the four quarters of 2020 under both the integral and discrete approaches.

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tamarisk, Inc. is a company that manufactures and sells a single product. Unit sales for each of the four quarters of 2020 are projected as follows.

Quarter

 

Units

 

First

 

96,000

 

Second

 

180,000

 

Third

 

660,000

 

Fourth

 

144,000

 

Annual total

 

1,080,000

 


Tamarisk incurs variable manufacturing costs of $0.40 per unit and variable nonmanufacturing costs of $0.35 per unit. Tamarisk will incur fixed manufacturing costs of $864,000 and fixed nonmanufacturing costs of $1,296,000. Tamarisk will sell its product for $4 per unit.

 

(a)

Determine the amount of net income Tamarisk will report in each of the four quarters of 2020, assuming actual sales are as projected and employing the integral approach to interim financial reporting. (Ignore income taxes.) Repeat the analysis under the discrete approach. 

   

1st Quarter

 

2nd Quarter

 

3rd Quarter

 

4th Quarter

 

Net income (Integral Approach)

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (Discrete Approach)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b1)

Compute Tamarisk’s profit margin on sales for each of the four quarters of 2020 under both the integral and discrete approaches. 

 

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