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Leander Office Products Inc. produces and sells small storage and organizational products for office use. During the first month of operations, the products sold well. Andrea Leander, the owner of the company, was surprised to see a loss for the month on her income statement. This statement was prepared by a local bookkeeping service recommended to her by her bank manager. The statement follows: |
LEANDER OFFICE PRODUCTS INC. Income Statement |
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Sales (45,600 units) | $ | 264,480 | ||||
Variable expenses: | ||||||
Variable cost of goods sold* | $ | 119,472 | ||||
Variable selling and administrative expenses | 35,112 | 154,584 | ||||
Contribution margin | 109,896 | |||||
Fixed expenses: | ||||||
Fixed manufacturing overhead | 108,864 | |||||
Fixed selling and administrative expenses | 13,224 | 122,088 | ||||
Operating loss | $ | (12,192 | ) | |||
*Consists of direct materials, direct labour, and variable manufacturing overhead. |
Leander is discouraged over the loss shown for the month, particularly since she had planned to use the statement to encourage investors to purchase stock in the new company. A friend who is an accountant insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing. He argues that if absorption costing had been used, the company would probably have reported a profit for the month. |
Selected cost data relating to the product and to the first month of operations follow: |
Units produced | 57,600 | ||
Units sold | 45,600 | ||
Variable costs per unit: | |||
Direct materials | $ | 1.20 | |
Direct labour | $ | 1.17 | |
Variable manufacturing overhead | $ | 0.25 | |
Variable selling and administrative expenses | $ | 0.77 | |
Required: |
1. | Complete the following: |
a. |
Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.
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Answer: | ||||
1 b. | Income Statement (Under absorption costing) | |||
Sales | $ 264,480.00 | |||
Less: | Cost of goods sold | $ 205,656.00 | (45600*4.51) | |
Gross profit | $ 58,824.00 | |||
Less: | Selling and administrative expense | $ 48,336.00 | =35112+13224 | |
Net profit | $ 10,488.00 | |||
1 c. | Absorption costing net operating income (loss) | $ 10,488.00 | ||
Less: Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ 22,680.00 | =(57600-45600)*108864/57600 | ||
Variable cost net operating income | $ (12,192.00) | |||
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a. | Contribution format income statement if 69,600 units were sold | |||
Sales | $ 403,680.00 | =264480/45600*69600 | ||
Less: | Variable Cost | |||
Direct material | $ 83,520.00 | =1.2*69600 | ||
Direct labour | $ 81,432.00 | =1.17*69600 | ||
Variable manufacturing overhead | $ 17,400.00 | =0.25*69600 | ||
Variable selling and administrative expense | $ 53,592.00 | $ 235,944.00 | =0.77*69600 | |
Contribution margin | $ 167,736.00 | |||
Less: | Fixed cost | |||
Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ 108,864.00 | |||
Fixed selling and administrative expense | $ 13,224.00 | $ 122,088.00 | ||
Net income | $ 45,648.00 | |||
b. | Absorption costing income statement if 69,600 units were sold | |||
Sales | $ 403,680.00 | |||
Less: | Cost of goods sold | $ 313,896.00 | ($83,520+81,432+17400+108,864) | |
Gross profit | $ 89,784.00 | |||
Less: | Selling and administrative expense | $ 66,816.00 | (53,592+13,224) | |
Net profit | $ 22,968.00 | |||
c. | Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing operating income figures. | |||
Absorption costing net operating income (loss) | $ 22,968.00 | |||
Less: Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ (22,680.00) | =(57600-69600)*108864/57600 | ||
Variable cost net operating income | $ 45,648.00 | |||
Work Note: | ||||
Cost of goods sold | ||||
Direct material | $ 1.20 | |||
Direct labour | $ 1.17 | |||
Variable manufacturing overhead | $ 0.25 | |||
Fixed munafacturing overhead | $ 1.89 | =108864/57600 | ||
Cost of goods sold | $ 4.51 | |||