Income statements.

When you are looking at an income statement, it is easy to get lost in the numbers.

One of the most common types of income statements that people use is absorption costing.

When you look at a company’s absorption costing income statement, there are some basic things that can help you identify where their revenues come from .

How they are being calculated?

These three main items include: fixed costs, variable costs, and contribution margin per unit sold.

Summary of Points: The absorption costing model can sometimes make it difficult to identify where revenues come from.

But there are three main items that you should be looking for.

Fixed Costs, Variable Costs, and Contribution Margin Per Unit Sold.

The contribution margin per unit sold is the difference between a company’s total fixed costs and its variable cost.

How many dollars in sales have been made at any given point in time (fixed).