During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Year 1 Year 2 Sales (@ $62 per unit) $ 1,178,000 $ 1,798,000 Cost of goods sold (@ $42 per unit) 798,000 1,218,000 Gross margin 380,000 580,000 Selling and administrative expenses* 306,000 336,000 Net operating income $ 74,000 $ 244,000 * $3 per unit variable; $249,000 fixed each year. The company’s $42 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials $ 8 Direct labor 11 Variable manufacturing overhead 5 Fixed manufacturing overhead ($432,000 -: 24,000 units) 18 Absorption costing unit product cost $ 42 Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are: Year 1 Year 2 Units produced 24,000 24,000 Units sold 19,000 29,000 Required: Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years? What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2? Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.

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During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Year 1 Year 2 Sales (@ $62 per unit) $ 1,178,000 $ 1,798,000 Cost of goods sold (@ $42 per unit) 798,000 1,218,000 Gross margin 380,000 580,000 Selling and administrative expenses* 306,000 336,000 Net operating income $ 74,000 $ 244,000 * $3 per unit variable; $249,000 fixed each year. The company’s $42 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials $ 8 Direct labor 11 Variable manufacturing overhead 5 Fixed manufacturing overhead ($432,000 -: 24,000 units) 18 Absorption costing unit product cost $ 42 Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are: Year 1 Year 2 Units produced 24,000 24,000 Units sold 19,000 29,000 Required: Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years? What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2? Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.

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