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Question - Fresh Air Products manufactures and sells a variety of camping products.
Recently the company opened a new plant to manufacture a deluxe portable cooking unit.
Cost and sales data for the first month of operations are shown below:
Beginning inventory 0 units
Units produced 10,500
Units sold 8,700
Manufacturing costs
Fixed overhead $84,000
Variable overhead $3 per unit
Direct labour $12 per unit
Direct material $30 per unit
Selling and administrative costs
Fixed $197,800
Variable $3 per unit sold
The portable cooking unit sells for $110. Management is interested in the opening month's results and has asked for an income statement.
Assuming the company uses absorption costing, Calculate the Operating Income before taxes.