Columbia Corporation produces a single product. The company's variable costing income statement for November appears below:   Columbia Corporation Income Statement For the Month ended November 30 Sales ($30 per unit) $ 1,200,000 Variable expenses:     Variable cost of goods sold   720,000 Variable selling expense   160,000 Total variable expenses   880,000 Contribution margin   320,000 Fixed expenses:     Manufacturing   140,000 Selling and administrative   35,000 Total fixed expenses   175,000 Net operating income $ 145,000  During November, 35,000 units were manufactured and 8,000 units were in beginning inventory.   Variable production costs have remained constant on a per unit basis over the past several months.   Under absorption costing, for November the company would report a:     $120,000 profit     $125,000 profit     $125,000 loss     $145,000 profit

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Columbia Corporation produces a single product. The company's variable costing income statement for November appears below:

 


Columbia Corporation
Income Statement
For the Month ended November 30
Sales ($30 per unit) $ 1,200,000
Variable expenses:    
Variable cost of goods sold   720,000
Variable selling expense   160,000
Total variable expenses   880,000
Contribution margin   320,000
Fixed expenses:    
Manufacturing   140,000
Selling and administrative   35,000
Total fixed expenses   175,000
Net operating income $ 145,000
 

During November, 35,000 units were manufactured and 8,000 units were in beginning inventory.   Variable production costs have remained constant on a per unit basis over the past several months.

 

Under absorption costing, for November the company would report a:
   
$120,000 profit
   
$125,000 profit
   
$125,000 loss
   
$145,000 profit
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