High Country, Incorporated, produces and sells many recreational products. The company just opened a new plant to produce a folding camp cot that will be marketed throughout the United States. The following cost and revenue data relate to May, the first month of the plant's operation: Beginning inventory Units produced Units sold Selling price per unit Selling and administrative expenses: Variable per unit Fixed (per month) Manufacturing costs: Direct materials cost per unit Direct labor cost per unit Variable manufacturing overhead cost per unit Fixed manufacturing overhead cost (per month) Required: 1. Assume the company uses absorption costing. a. Calculate the camp cot's unit product cost. b. Prepare an income statement for May. 2. Assume the company uses variable costing. a. Calculate the camp cot's unit product cost. b. Prepare a contribution format income statement for May. 0 47,000 42,000 $83 $3 $ 564,000 $ 14 $9 $3 $ 752,000
Variance Analysis
In layman's terms, variance analysis is an analysis of a difference between planned and actual behavior. Variance analysis is mainly used by the companies to maintain a control over a business. After analyzing differences, companies find the reasons for the variance so that the necessary steps should be taken to correct that variance.
Standard Costing
The standard cost system is the expected cost per unit product manufactured and it helps in estimating the deviations and controlling them as well as fixing the selling price of the product. For example, it helps to plan the cost for the coming year on the various expenses.
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