Flexible and Confused Limited has just employed you as the new finance director. The first task you have been assigned to complete is to prepare the income statement for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2018.

On your desk on your first day, the previous finance director left valuable information to complete the task.

1. During the year Flexible and Confused Limited – a company that sells dishwashers – sold a total of 13,187,000 units at an average sales price of $41.25.
2. The old finance director also indicated that direct labour, direct material and applied overhead were equal to 20%, 12% and 25% of total sales revenue.
3. Following is a list of other expenses incurred by the company.

Expense Account	Total Incurred
Advertising and Marketing Costs	$5,512,000.00
Sales Entertainment	$2,561,000.00
Selling Insurance	$690,000.00
Office Repairs and Maintenance	$1,590,000.00
Office Depreciation	$14,457,000.00
Wages of General Operations Staff	$12,801,000.00
Salaries Sales Staff	$11,036,000.00
Administrative Travel Costs	$1,260,000.00

4. On January 1, 2018, the company sold a piece of equipment held for investment and recognized a loss on the sale of $4,221,000.
5. The company also enjoyed revenue from other sources noted as: Other Income totalling $9,050,000 and Interest Revenue totalling $8,661,000.
6. On April 1, 2017, the company sold land that resulted in a loss of $4,891,000.
7. If the company reports a profit during the year, the effective corporate tax rate is 25%. If a loss is reported the effective tax rate is zero.
8. The company incurred finance interest charges during the accounting period of $22,890,000.
9. The company is involved in joint venture operations. As a result of goof financial conditions, the company recorded a net gain of $6,079,000 from its share of the joint venture operations.
10. From the operations of its associate firms, the company expects to record a net gain of $42,287,000 for the financial period ended March 31, 2019.

Required:

Using the information supplied, prepare an income statement for Flexible and Confused Limited for the accounting period that conforms with IFRS IAS 1 recommendation and course requirements. (Hint: Expenses should be classified by function (e.g., cost of goods sold) not nature.

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