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Exercise 19-3 Income reporting under absorption costing and variable costing LO P2
Sims Company, a manufacturer of tablet computers, began operations on January 1, 2017. Its cost and sales information for this year follows.
Manufacturing costs | |||
Direct materials | $ | 35 | per unit |
Direct labor | $ | 55 | per unit |
Overhead costs for the year | |||
Variable overhead | $ | 3,000,000 | |
Fixed overhead | $ | 7,000,000 | |
Selling and administrative costs for the year | |||
Variable | $ | 750,000 | |
Fixed | $ | 4,250,000 | |
Production and sales for the year | |||
Units produced | 100,000 | units | |
Units sold | 70,000 | units | |
Sales price per unit | $ | 360 | per unit |
1. Prepare an income statement for the year using variable
costing.
2. Prepare an income statement for the year using
absorption costing.
3. Under what circumstance(s) is reported income
identical under both absorption costing and variable costing?
Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.
Required 1
Prepare an income statement for the year using variable costing.
Required 2
Prepare an income statement for the year using variable costing.
Required 3
Under what circumstance(s) is reported income identical under both absorption costing and variable costing?