Question

O’Brien Company manufactures and sells one product. The following information pertains to each of the company’s first three years of operations:

Variable costs per unit:
Manufacturing:
Direct materials	$29
Direct labor	$15
Variable manufacturing overhead	$4
Variable selling and administrative	$3
Fixed costs per year:
Fixed manufacturing overhead	$520,000
Fixed selling and administrative expenses	$120,000

During its first year of operations, O’Brien produced 100,000 units and sold 79,000 units. During its second year of operations, it produced 79,000 units and sold 95,000 units. In its third year, O’Brien produced 83,000 units and sold 78,000 units. The selling price of the company’s product is $77 per unit.

Required:

1. Assume the company uses variable costing and a FIFO inventory flow assumption (FIFO means first-in first-out. In other words, it assumes that the oldest units in inventory are sold first):

a. Compute the unit product cost for Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3.

	Unit Product Cost
Year 1	????
Year 2	????
Year 3	????

b. Prepare an income statement for Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3.

	O'Brien Company
	Variable Costing Income Statement
	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Variable Expense:
Total variable expense:
Fixed expenses:
Total fixed expenses

Answer 1