In: Accounting
During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows:
Year 1 | Year 2 | ||||
Sales (@ $63 per unit) | $ | 1,008,000 | $ | 1,638,000 | |
Cost of goods sold (@ $32 per unit) | 512,000 | 832,000 | |||
Gross margin | 496,000 | 806,000 | |||
Selling and administrative expenses* | 303,000 | 333,000 | |||
Net operating income | $ | 193,000 | $ | 473,000 | |
* $3 per unit variable; $255,000 fixed each year.
The company’s $32 unit product cost is computed as follows:
Direct materials | $ | 5 |
Direct labor | 12 | |
Variable manufacturing overhead | 4 | |
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($231,000 ÷ 21,000 units) | 11 | |
Absorption costing unit product cost | $ | 32 |
Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are:
Year 1 | Year 2 | |
Units produced | 21,000 | 21,000 |
Units sold | 16,000 | 26,000 |
Required:
1. Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years?
2. What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2?
3. Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.