Question

Forecasting an Income Statement
Assume Abercrombie & Fitch reports the following income statements.

Income Statement, For Fiscal Years Ended ($ thousands)	2011	2010
Net sales	$ 3,741,847	$ 3,318,158
Cost of goods sold	1,238,480	1,109,152
Gross profit	2,503,367	2,209,006
Stores and distribution expense	1,386,846	1,187,071
Marketing, general and administrative expense	395,758	373,828
Other operating (income), net	(11,734)	(9,983)
Operating income	732,497	658,090
Interest income, net	(19,328)	(13,896)
Income before income taxes	751,825	671,986
Provision for income taxes	283,628	249,800
Net income	$ 468,197	$ 422,186

Forecast Abercrombie & Fitch's 2012 income statement assuming the following income statement relations. Assume no change for all other accounts not listed below. All percentages, other than sales growth and provision for income taxes, are based on percent of net sales. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

Net sales growth	12.8%
Gross profit margin	66.9%
Stores and distribution expense/Net sales	37.1%
Marketing, general and adminstrative expense/Net sales	10.6%
Other operating (income), net/Net sales	-0.3%
Provision for income taxes/Income before income taxes	37.7%

• Round your answers to the nearest whole number.

• Do not use negative signs with your answers.

Forecasted Income Statement, For Fiscal Years Ended ($ thousands)	2011	2012
Net sales	$3,741,847	Answer
Cost of goods sold	1,238,480	Answer
Gross profit	2,503,367	Answer
Stores and distribution expense	1,386,846	Answer
Marketing, general and administrative expense	395,758	Answer
Other operating (income), net	(11,734)	Answer
Operating income	732,497	Answer
Interest income, net	(19,328)	Answer
Income before income taxes	751,825	Answer
Provision for income taxes	283,628	Answer
Net Income	$ 468,197	Answer

Answer 1

Solution :	Forecasted Income Statement, For Fiscal Years Ended ($ thousands)
		2011	2012
	Net sales (12.8% Growth)	3741847	4220803
	Cost of goods sold	1238480	1397086
	Gross profit (66.9% of sale)	2503367	2823717
	Stores and distribution expense (37.1% of sale)	1386846	1565918
	Marketing, general and administrative expense (10.6% of sale)	395758	447405
	Other operating (income), net (0.3% of sale)	(11734)	(12662)
	Operating income	732497	823057
	Interest income, net	(19328)	(19328)
	Income before income taxes	751825	842385
	Provision for income taxes (37.7% of income before income taxes	283628	317579
	Net Income	468197	524806