Calla Company produces skateboards that sell for $53 per unit. The company currently has the capacity to produce 95,000 skateboards per year, but is selling 81,300 skateboards per year. Annual costs for 81,300 skateboards follow. Direct materials $829,260
Direct labor 674,790
Overhead 951,000
Selling expenses 552,000
Administrative expenses 465,000
Total costs and expenses $3,483,150

A new retail store has offered to buy 13,100 of its skateboards for $55 per unit. The store is in a different market from Calla's regular customers and would not affect regular sales. A study of its costs in anticipation of this additional business reveals the following:

• Direct materials and direct labor are 100% variable.
• 40 percent of overhead is fixed at any production level from 81,900 units to 95,000 units; the remaining 60% of annual overhead costs are variable with respect to volume.
• Selling expenses are 70% variable with respect to number of units sold, and the other 30% of selling expenses are fixed.
• There will be an additional $2.4 per unit selling expense for this order.
• Administrative expenses would increase by a $970 fixed amount.

Required:
Prepare a three-column comparative income statement that reports the following:
a. Annual income without the special order.
b. Annual income from the special order.
c. Combined annual income from normal business and the new business.

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