In: Accounting
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 Whitman Company has just completed its first year of operations. The company’s absorption costing income statement for the year appears below:  | 
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Whitman Company Income Statement  | 
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| Sales (39,000 units × $42.10 per unit) | $ | 1,641,900 | 
| Cost of goods sold (39,000 units × $26 per unit) | 1,014,000 | |
| Gross margin | 627,900 | |
| Selling and administrative expenses | 487,500 | |
| Net operating income | $ | 140,400 | 
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 The company’s selling and administrative expenses consist of $292,500 per year in fixed expenses and $5 per unit sold in variable expenses. The $26 per unit product cost given above is computed as follows:  | 
| Direct materials | $ | 11 | 
| Direct labor | 5 | |
| Variable manufacturing overhead | 4 | |
| Fixed manufacturing overhead ($324,000 ÷ 54,000 units) | 6 | |
| Absorption costing unit product cost | $ | 26 | 
| Required: | 
| 1. | 
 Prepare the company’s income statement in the contribution format using variable costing.  | 
| 2. | 
 Reconcile any difference between the net operating income on your variable costing income statement and the net operating income on the absorption costing income statement.  | 
1) Whitman Company
Contribution Format Income Statement (Amounts in $)
| Sales (39,000 units*$42.10 per unit) | 1,641,900 | |
| Less: Variable costs | ||
| Direct materials (39,000 units*$11) | 429,000 | |
| Direct labor (39,000 units*$5) | 195,000 | |
| Variable manufacturing overhead (39,000 units*$4) | 156,000 | |
| Variable selling and administrative exp (39,000*$5) | 195,000 | |
| Total variable costs | (975,000) | |
| Contribution Margin | 666,900 | |
| Less: Fixed costs | ||
| Fixed manufacturing overhead | 324,000 | |
| Fixed selling and administrative exp | 292,500 | |
| Total Fixed costs | (616,500) | |
| Net Operating Income | 50,400 | 
2) Units produced = 54,000 units
Units sold = 39,000 units
Ending inventory in units = 54,000 - 39,000 = 15,000 units
Reconciliation Statement (Amounts in $)
| Net operating income as per variable costing | 50,400 | 
| Add: Fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in ending inventory under absorption costing [($324,000/54,000 units)*15,000 units] | 90,000 | 
| Net operating income as per absorption costing | 140,400 |