Question

A company has the following account balances: Sales revenue $2,000,000: Sales Returns and Allowances $250,000: Sales Discounts $50,000: and Cost of Goods Sold $1,275,000. How much is the gross profit rate?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.25 or 25%

Explanation:

The computation of the gross profit rate is shown below:

Gross profit rate = Gross profit ÷ Net sales revenue

where,

Net sales revenue = Sales revenue - Sales Returns and Allowances - Sales Discounts

= $2,000,000 - $250,000 - $50,000

= $1,700,000

And, the Cost of goods sold is $1,275,000

So, the gross profit is

= $1,700,000 - $1,275,000

= $425,000

So, the gross profit rate is

= $425,000 ÷ $1,700,000

= 0.25 or 25%