In: Accounting
Variable Costing, Absorption Costing
During its first year of operations, Snobegon, Inc. (located in Lake Snobegon, Minnesota), produced 40,600 plastic snow scoops. Snow scoops are oversized shovel-type scoops that are used to push snow away. Unit sales were 38,600 scoops. Fixed overhead was applied at $0.75 per unit produced. Fixed overhead was underapplied by $2,700. This fixed overhead variance was closed to Cost of Goods Sold. There was no variable overhead variance. The results of the year’s operations are as follows (on an absorption-costing basis):
Sales (38,600 units @ $20) | $772,000 |
Less: Cost of goods sold | 546,860 |
Gross margin | $225,140 |
Less: Selling and administrative expenses (all fixed) | 185,500 |
Operating income | $ 39,640 |
Required:
1. Calculate the cost of the firm’s ending
inventory under absorption costing. Round unit cost to five decimal
places. Round your final answer to the nearest dollar.
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Feedback
Determine the number of units in ending inventory first. Calculate unit cost after determining unadjusted COGS (before adjustment for underapplied fixed overhead).
What is the cost of the ending inventory under variable costing?
Round unit cost to five decimal places. Round your final answer to
the nearest dollar.
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Feedback
Take unit cost under absorption less fixed overhead amount per unit to get variable cost per unit for variable costing.
2. Prepare a variable-costing income statement. Round the unit cost to five decimal places, when required. Round your final answers to the nearest dollar. Use the rounded values in subsequent computations.
Snobegon, Inc. | |
Variable-Costing Income Statement | |
For the First Year of Operations | |
Sales | $ |
Less: Variable cost of goods sold | |
Contribution margin | $ |
Less: | |
Fixed overhead | |
Fixed selling and administrative expenses | |
Operating income | $ |
Feedback
Use a contribution margin format income statement that groups costs according to behavior (variable and fixed)
What is the difference between the two income figures?
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Solution :-
1 ) :-
Calculation of cost of ending inventory :-
Particulars | Amount |
Cost of goods sold | $546,860 |
Fixed overhead under applied | $2,700 |
Cost of goods sold before adjusting Under applied overhead |
= $546,860 - $2,700 = $544,160 |
Units sold |
38,600 |
Per unit cost |
= $544,160 / 38,600 = $14.097 |
Cost of ending inventory under Absorption costing |
= [ 40,600 - 38,600 ] * $14.097 = $28,194 |
Cost of the ending inventory under variable costing :-
Particulars | Amount |
Per unit cost | $14.097 |
Fixed over head per unit | $0.75 |
Units cost under variable costing |
= $14.097 - $0.75 = $13.34 |
Cost of ending inventory under variable costing |
= [ 40,600 - 38,600 ] * $13.34 = 2,300 * $13.34 = $30,682 |
2 ) :-
Variable-costing income statement :-
Amount | Amount | ||
Sales | $772,000 | ||
Variable cost of goods sold opening inventory |
- |
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Variable cost of goods Manufactured during the year |
= 40,600 * $13.34 = $541,604 |
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Variable cost of goods available for sale | $541,604 | ||
Closing inventory of variable cost of goods sold | $30,682 |
= $541,604 - $30,682 = $510,922 |
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Contribution margin |
= $772,000 - $510,922 = $261,078 |
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Less: | |||
Fixed overhead |
= [ 40,600 * 0.75 ] + $2,700 = $30,450 + $2,700 = $33,150 |
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$185,500 |
= $185,500 + $33,150 = $218,650 |
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Operating income |
= $261,078 - $218,650 = $42,428 |
What is the difference between the two income figures?
Difference between the two income figures = [ 40,600 - 38,600 ] * $0.75
= 2,000 * $0.75
= $1,500
Difference between the two income figures = $1,500