During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as Sales (@ $64 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@ $35 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income. Year 1 Year 2 $ 1,024,000 $1,664,000 560,000 464,000 301,000 $ 163,000 *$3 per unit variable; $253,000 fixed each year. The company's $35 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($294,000+ 21,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost 910,000 754,000 331,000 $ 423,000 $6 12 3 14 $ 35
During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as Sales (@ $64 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@ $35 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income. Year 1 Year 2 $ 1,024,000 $1,664,000 560,000 464,000 301,000 $ 163,000 *$3 per unit variable; $253,000 fixed each year. The company's $35 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($294,000+ 21,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost 910,000 754,000 331,000 $ 423,000 $6 12 3 14 $ 35
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Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years?
Unit product cost
6
Required 1 Required 2 Required 3
What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2? (Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus
sign.)
Net operating income (loss)
Year 1
Year 2
Required 1 Required 2
Required 3
Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.
Reconciliation of Variable Costing and Absorption Costing Net Operating Incomes
Year 1
Variable costing net operating income (loss)
Add (deduct) fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in (released from) inventory under
absorption costing
Absorption costing net operating income
Year 2

Transcribed Image Text:During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows:
Sales (@$64 per unit)
Cost of goods sold (@ $35 per unit)
Gross margin
Selling and administrative expenses*
Net operating income
*$3 per unit variable; $253,000 fixed each year.
The company's $35 unit product cost is computed as follows:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Year 1
Year 2
$ 1,024,000 $1,664,000
560,000
464,000
301,000
$ 163,000
Variable manufacturing overhead
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($294,000 ÷ 21,000 units)
Absorption costing unit product cost
Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are:
Year 2
21,000
26,000
Units produced
Units sold
Year 1
21,000
16,000
910,000
754,000
331,000
$ 423,000
$6
12
3
14
$35
Required:
1. Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years?
2. What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2?
3. Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.
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