In: Accounting
Grainger Company produces only one product and sells that product for $100 per unit. Cost information for the product is as follows:
Direct Material | $14 | per Unit |
Direct Labor | $24 | per Unit |
Variable Overhead | $4 | per Unit |
Fixed Overhead | $34,000 |
Selling expenses are $3 per unit and are all variable. Administrative expenses of $15,000 are all fixed. Grainger produced 5,000 units; sold 4,000; and had no beginning inventory.
A. Compute net income under
i. Absorption Costing
ii. Variable Costing
B. Which costing method provides higher net income? By how much?
The absorption costing method provided more net income by $