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Absorption and Variable Costing Income Statements
During the first month of operations ended July 31, YoSan Inc. manufactured 11,900 flat panel televisions, of which 10,900 were sold. Operating data for the month are summarized as follows:
Sales | $1,798,500 | |
Manufacturing costs: | ||
Direct materials | $928,200 | |
Direct labor | 273,700 | |
Variable manufacturing cost | 238,000 | |
Fixed manufacturing cost | 119,000 | 1,558,900 |
Selling and administrative expenses: | ||
Variable | $141,700 | |
Fixed | 65,200 | 206,900 |
Required:
1. Prepare an income statement based on the absorption costing concept.
YoSan Inc. | ||
Absorption Costing Income Statement | ||
For the Month Ended July 31 | ||
Sales | $ | |
Cost of goods sold: | ||
Cost of goods manufactured | $ | |
Inventory, July 31 | ||
$ | ||
$ |
2. Prepare an income statement based on the variable costing concept.
YoSan Inc. | ||
Variable Costing Income Statement | ||
For the Month Ended July 31 | ||
$ | ||
Variable cost of goods sold: | ||
$ | ||
$ | ||
$ | ||
Fixed costs: | ||
$ | ||
$ |
3. Explain the reason for the difference in the amount of income from operations reported in (1) and (2).
The income from operations reported under costing exceeds the income from operations reported under costing by the difference between the two, due to manufacturing costs that are deferred to a future month under costing.