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Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University. Tami’s Creations, Inc. Income Statement For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales (22,000 units) $ 798,600 Variable expenses: Variable cost of goods sold $ 270,600 Variable selling and administrative 172,700 443,300 Contribution margin 355,300 Fixed expenses: Fixed manufacturing overhead 200,000 Fixed selling and administrative 218,000 418,000 Net operating loss $ ( 62,700) Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter. At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow: Units produced 25,000 Units sold 22,000 Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $ 7.50 Direct labor $ 2.80 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 2.00 Variable selling and administrative $ 7.85 Required: 1. Complete the following: a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing. b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter? c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures. 3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 25,000 units but sold 28,000 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.) a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter? b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter? c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter

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Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,700 units) $ 1,148,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 441,980
Variable selling and administrative 193,725 635,705
Contribution margin 512,295
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 282,130
Fixed selling and administrative 243,515 525,645
Net operating loss $ ( 13,350)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 31,700
Units sold 28,700
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.10
Direct labor $ 6.70
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.60
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.75

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,700 units but sold 34,700 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,100 units) $ 1,124,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 438,360
Variable selling and administrative 193,890 632,250
Contribution margin 491,750
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 248,800
Fixed selling and administrative 254,950 503,750
Net operating loss $ ( 12,000)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 31,100
Units sold 28,100
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.50
Direct labor $ 6.10
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 2.00
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.90

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,100 units but sold 34,100 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,800 units) $ 1,152,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 429,120
Variable selling and administrative 194,400 623,520
Contribution margin 528,480
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 283,020
Fixed selling and administrative 258,810 541,830
Net operating loss $ ( 13,350)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 31,800
Units sold 28,800
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.30
Direct labor $ 6.10
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.50
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.75

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,800 units but sold 34,800 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (29,000 units) $ 1,160,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 475,600
Variable selling and administrative 195,750 671,350
Contribution margin 488,650
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 288,000
Fixed selling and administrative 214,150 502,150
Net operating loss $ ( 13,500)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 32,000
Units sold 29,000
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.50
Direct labor $ 7.30
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.60
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.75

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 32,000 units but sold 35,000 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,500 units) $ 1,140,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 427,500
Variable selling and administrative 196,650 624,150
Contribution margin 515,850
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 283,500
Fixed selling and administrative 245,850 529,350
Net operating loss $ ( 13,500)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 31,500
Units sold 28,500
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.20
Direct labor $ 6.10
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.70
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.90

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,500 units but sold 34,500 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,200 units) $ 1,128,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 468,120
Variable selling and administrative 193,170 661,290
Contribution margin 466,710
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 265,600
Fixed selling and administrative 221,110 486,710
Net operating loss $ ( 20,000)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 33,200
Units sold 28,200
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.30
Direct labor $ 7.40
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.90
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.85

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 33,200 units but sold 38,200 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,250 units) $ 1,130,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 446,350
Variable selling and administrative 193,512 639,862
Contribution margin 490,138
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 329,175
Fixed selling and administrative 185,712 514,888
Net operating loss $ ( 24,750)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 33,250
Units sold 28,250
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.50
Direct labor $ 6.70
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.60
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.85

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 33,250 units but sold 38,250 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,100 units) $ 1,124,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 458,030
Variable selling and administrative 192,485 650,515
Contribution margin 473,485
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 267,460
Fixed selling and administrative 218,925 486,385
Net operating loss $ ( 12,900)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 31,100
Units sold 28,100
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.40
Direct labor $ 7.00
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.90
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.85

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,100 units but sold 34,100 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,050 units) $ 1,122,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 426,360
Variable selling and administrative 196,350 622,710
Contribution margin 499,290
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 264,400
Fixed selling and administrative 254,890 519,290
Net operating loss $ ( 20,000)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 33,050
Units sold 28,050
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.50
Direct labor $ 5.90
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 1.80
Variable selling and administrative $ 7.00

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 33,050 units but sold 38,050 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

In: Accounting