In: Accounting
PRODUCTION UNITS 100
END INV UNITS 20
TOTAL PRODUCTION COST 20000 EUROS
TOTAL FIXED MOH 1000 EUROS
a. Data is missing
b. Full Costing OPINC 200 EUROS higher than VC OPINC
C. Full Costing OPINC =VC OPINC
d. Full Costing OPINC 200 euros lower than VC OPINC
b. Full Costing OPINC 200 EUROS higher than VC OPINC
Solution :
Under Full costing, the fixed MOH(manufacturing overhead) is taken as product cost where as in VC(variable costing) fixed MOH is taken as period cost. That means, under Full costing fixed MOH is allocated to the number of units produced, so the ending inventory cost includes fixed MOH. But under VC fixed MOH is not allocated to the units produced, so the cost of ending inventory under VC do not include fixed MOH.
Accordingly,
MOH per unit produced = €1000/100 = €10 per unit.
MOH allocated to ending inventory = €10×20 = €200
Therefore, by this amount the cost of goods sold differs in under this two methods i.e. ending inventory value under Full costing is 200 euros more than the VC ending inventory value.
As full costing ending inventory value is more than the VC ending inventory, the cost of goods sold under Full costing is lower than VC. When cost of goods sold under Full costing is lower, OPINC(operating income) will be more compared to OPINC under VC.
Therefore,
Full Costing OPINC 200 EUROS higher than VC OPINC.