Reference no: EM132581595
During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows:
Year 1 Year 2
Sales (@ $60 per unit) $900,000 $1,500,000
Cost of goods sold (@ $38 per unit) 570,000 950,000
Gross margin 330,000 550,000
Selling and administrative expenses 294,000 324,000
Net operating income $36,000 $226,000
- $3 per unit variable; $249,000 fixed each year.
The company's $38 unit product cost is computed as follows:
Direct materials$6
Direct labor 13
Variable manufacturing overhead 4
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($300,000 ÷ 20,000 units) 15
Absorption costing unit product cost$38
Forty percent of fixed manufacturing overhead consists of wages and salaries; the remainder consists of depreciation charges on production equipment and buildings.
Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are:
Year 1 Year 2
Units produced 20,000 20,000
Units sold 15,000 25,000
Question 1. Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years?
Question 2. What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2?
Question 3. Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.