In: Accounting
Brief Exercise 20-18
Burns Company incurred the following costs during the year:
direct materials $21.00 per unit; direct labor $13.00 per unit;
variable manufacturing overhead $16.00 per unit; variable selling
and administrative costs $8.00 per unit; fixed manufacturing
overhead $122,000; and fixed selling and administrative costs
$11,000. Burns produced 10,167 units and sold 6000 units.
Determine the manufacturing cost per unit under (a) absorption
costing and (b) variable costing. (Round answers to 2 decimal
places, e.g. 52.75.)
Manufacturing cost
(a) Absorption Costing
$
(b) Variable Costing
$
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A |
Fixed manufacturing Overheads |
$ 122,000.00 |
B |
Units produced |
10,167 |
C = A/B |
Fixed manufacturing overhead per unit |
$ 12.00 |
(a) Absorption Costing |
(b) Variable Costing |
|
Direct Material per unit |
$ 21.00 |
$ 21.00 |
Direct labor cost per unit |
$ 13.00 |
$ 13.00 |
Variable manufacturing Overhead per unit |
$ 16.00 |
$ 16.00 |
Fixed manufacturing Overhead per unit |
$ 12.00 |
$ - [does not become part of manufacturing cost of product] |
Manufacturing cost per unit |
$ 62.00 per unit = Answer |
$ 50.00 per unit = Answer |
>Selling & administrative cost (fixed or variable) never becomes part of ‘manufacturing’ cost, neither in Absorption Costing, now in variable costing.
>Fixed manufacturing overheads are only absorbed to unit cost under absorption costing. The same is not considered for Variable costing method.