In: Accounting
Whitman Company has just completed its first year of operations. The company’s absorption costing income statement for the year appears below: |
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 |
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 |