Jorgansen Lighting, Incorporated, manufactures heavy-duty street lighting systems for municipalities. The company uses variable costing for internal management reports and absorption costing for external reports. The company provided the following data:   Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Inventories       Beginning (units) 210 160 190 Ending (units) 160 190 230 Variable costing net operating income $ 300,000 $ 269,000 $ 260,000 The company’s fixed manufacturing overhead per unit was constant at $560 for all three years.     2. Assume in Year 4 the company’s variable costing net operating income was $250,000 and its absorption costing net operating income was $310,000. Did inventories increase or decrease during Year 4? How much fixed manufacturing overhead cost was deferred or released from inventory during Year 4?

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Jorgansen Lighting, Incorporated, manufactures heavy-duty street lighting systems for municipalities. The company uses variable costing for internal management reports and absorption costing for external reports. The company provided the following data:

  Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Inventories      
Beginning (units) 210 160 190
Ending (units) 160 190 230
Variable costing net operating income $ 300,000 $ 269,000 $ 260,000

The company’s fixed manufacturing overhead per unit was constant at $560 for all three years.

 

 

2. Assume in Year 4 the company’s variable costing net operating income was $250,000 and its absorption costing net operating income was $310,000.

  1. Did inventories increase or decrease during Year 4?
  2. How much fixed manufacturing overhead cost was deferred or released from inventory during Year 4?
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