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Refer to the income statement below for The Gap, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Earnings

Fiscal year ended Jan 31, 2015    Feb 1, 2014

Net Sales    $16,435 $16,148

Cost of goods sold and occupancy expenses 10,146 9,855

Gross profit    6,289 6,293

Operating expenses 4,206    4,144

Operating income    2,083    2,149

interest expense    75 61

interest income (5) (5)

income before income taxes    2,013 2,093

income taxes 751    813

Net earnings    $1,262    $1,280

a. Prepare common-size income statements for fiscal years 2014(ending January 31, 2015) and 2013 (ending February 1, 2014).

b. Prepare a pro forma income statement for the fiscal year 2015(ending January 30, 2016), based on the following assumptions:

- Net sales total $15,000 million.

- Cost of goods sold and occupancy expenses are 64% ofsales.

- Operating expenses total 26% of sales.

- Interest income and interest expense are unchanged from the2014 amounts.

- The Gap's effective tax rate is 39%.

c. Given the Gap's business strategy, what are the factors thatultimately determine the accuracy of the pro forma statementprepared in b?

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Common size income statement
2015 % of sales = value of individual item/sales value 2014 % of sales = value of individual item/sales value
sales 16435 100% 16148 100%
less cost of goods sold 10146 61.73% 9855 61.03%
gross profit 6289 38.27% 6293 38.97%
operating expenses 4206 25.59% 4144 25.66%
operating profit 2083 12.67% 2149 13.31%
interest expense -75 -0.46% -61 -0.38%
interest income 5 0.03% 5 0.03%
income before income tax 2013 12.25% 2093 12.96%
income tax 751 4.57% 813 5.03%
net income 1262 7.68% 1280 7.93%
net sales 15000
cost of goods sold-65% of net sales 9600
gross profit 5400
operating expense-26% of sales 3900
operating profit 1500
interest expense -75
interest income 5
income before income tax 1430
less income tax-26% 557.7
net income 872.3
Accurcy of proforma income statement will depend on the accuracy to predict the value of sales and value of cost of goods sold.

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