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) | $ | 1,071,000 | $ | 1,701,000 | |
| Cost of goods sold (@ $36 per unit) | 612,000 | 972,000 | |||
| Gross margin | 459,000 | 729,000 | |||
| Selling and administrative expenses* | 300,000 | 330,000 | |||
| Net operating income | $ | 159,000 | $ | 399,000 | |
* $3 per unit variable; $249,000 fixed each year.
The company’s $36 unit product cost is computed as follows:
| Direct materials | $ | 6 | 
| Direct labor | 11 | |
| Variable manufacturing overhead | 5 | |
| Fixed manufacturing overhead ($308,000 ÷ 22,000 units) | 14 | |
| Absorption costing unit product cost | $ | 36 | 
Forty percent of fixed manufacturing overhead consists of wages and salaries; the remainder consists of depreciation charges on production equipment and buildings.
Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are:
| Year 1 | Year 2 | |
| Units produced | 22,000 | 22,000 | 
| Units sold | 17,000 | 27,000 | 
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.
1.
| The unit product cost under variable costing is computed as follows | ||
| Particulars | Year 1 | Year 2 | 
| Direct material per unit (A) | 6 | 6 | 
| Direct labour per unit (B) | 11 | 11 | 
| Variable manufacturing overhead per unit ( C) | 5 | 5 | 
| Unit Product Cost under Variable Costing (A+B+C) | 22 | 22 | 
2.
| Variable Costing Income Statement | |
| Particular | Year 1 | 
| Sales (17000 units * $63) | 1071000 | 
| Less: Variable cost (17000 units*25) | 425000 | 
| Contribution Margin | 646000 | 
| Less: Fixed Cost ( 308000+249000) | 557000 | 
| Net Operating Income | 89000 | 
| Particular | Year 2 | 
| Sales (27000 units * $63) | 1701000 | 
| Less: Variable cost (27000 units*25) | 675000 | 
| Contribution Margin | 1026000 | 
| Less: Fixed Cost ( 308000+249000) | 557000 | 
| Net Operating Income | 469000 | 
3.
| The reconciliation of absorption and variable costing follows: | ||
| Particular | Year 1 | Year 2 | 
| Income under variable costing | 89000 | 469000 | 
| Less: Fixed Overhead absorbed (released) | 70000 | (70000) | 
| Income under Absorption costing | 159000 | 399000 |