On December 1, a company pays $3,600 for a 36-month insurance policy. After one month, accrual accounting requires $
(100/3,600) of insurance expense be reported on the income statement ending December 31. However, if cash basis accounting is used, $
(100/3,600) of insurance expense would be reported at the time of purchase.

Bcorporation, a merchandising company, reported the following results for october: sales $ 490,000 cost of goods sold (all variable) $ 169,700 total variable selling expense $ 24,200 total fixed selling expense $ 21,700 total variable administrative expense $ 13,200 total fixed administrative expense $ 33,600 the contribution margin for october is: