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Answer the following question(s)using the information below.Sherry and John Enterprises are using the Kaizen approach to budgeting for 2019.The budgeted income statement for January 2019 is as follows:
Under the Kaizen approach, cost of goods sold and variable operating expenses are budgeted to decline by 1% per month.
-Allscott Company is developing its budgets for 2019 and for the first time will use the Kaizen approach.The initial 2019 income statement, based on static data from 2018, is as follows:
Selling prices for 2019 are expected to increase by 8%, and sales volume in units will decrease by 10%.The cost of goods sold as estimated by the Kaizen approach will decline by 10% per unit.Other than depreciation, all other operating costs are expected to decline by 5%.Required:
Prepare a Kaizen-based budgeted income statement for 2019.

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