It is the end of 2020. Mulberry All-Fixed Corporation began operations in January 2019. The company is so named because it has no variable costs. All its costs are fixed; they do not vary with output. Mulberry All-Fixed Corp. is located on the bank of a river and has its own hydroelectric plant to supply power, light, and heat. The company manufactures a synthetic fertilizer from air and river water and sells its product at a price that is not expected to change. It has a small staff of employees, all paid fixed annual salaries. The output of the plant can be increased or decreased by pressing a few buttons on a keyboard. The following budgeted and actual data are for the operations of Mulberry All-Fixed (Click the icon to view the budgeted and actual data.) Read the requirements Requirement 1. Prepare income statements with one column for 2019, one column for 2020, and one column for the 2 years together using (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing. (Use parentheses or a minus sign for an operating loss.) Start by preparing the (a) variable costing income statement for 2019, 2020, and the 2 year total. 2019 Data table Revenue Fixed costs Manufacturing costs Operating costs Total fixed costs Operating income (loss) Requirements 1. Prepare income statements with one column for 2019, one column for 2020, and one column for the 2 years together using (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing 2. What is the breakeven point under (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing? 3. What inventory costs would be cared in the balance sheet on December 31, 2019 and 2020, under each method? 4. Assume that the performance of the top manager of Mulberry All-Fixed is evaluated and rewarded largely on the basis of reported operating income Which costing method would the manager prefer? Why? The company uses budgeted production as the denominator level and writes off any production-volume variance to cost of goods sold Sales Production Selling price Costs (all fixed): Manufacturing 2019 41,000 tons 82,000 tons $80 per ton 2020 41,000 tons 0 tons $80 per ton $3,116,000 Operating (nonmanufacturing) $96,000 $3,116,000 $96.000 Management adopted the policy, effective January 1, 2020, of producing only as much product as needed to fill sales orders. During 2020, sales were the same as for 2019 and were filled entirely from inventory at the start of 2020 xt pages Get more help - Print Done Print Done