Steve Corporation Is Using the Kaizen Approach to Budgeting for 2015.The

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Steve Corporation is using the kaizen approach to budgeting for 2015.The budgeted income statement for January 2015 is as follows:
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Sales ( } 240,000 \text { units) } & \$ 360,000 \\\text { Less: Cost of goods sold } & 240,000\\\text { Gross margin } & 120,000 \\\text { Operating expenses (includes } \$ 32,000 \text { of fixed costs) } & 96,000 \\\text { Net income }&\$24,000\end{array}$ Under the kaizen approach,cost of goods sold and variable operating expenses are budgeted to decline by 1% per month.
Required:
Prepare a kaizen-based budgeted income statement for March of 2015.

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