Please help me answer the last 2 qui=estions, all in bold. Thank you!   Saxon, Inc. Absorption Costing Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31 Sales   $1,360,000  Cost of goods sold:       Cost of goods manufactured $840,000      Ending inventory (126,000)       Total cost of goods sold   (714,000) Gross profit   $646,000  Selling and administrative expenses   (303,000) Operating income   $343,000  Variable Statement Under variable costing, the cost of goods manufactured includes only variable manufacturing costs. This type of income statement includes a computation of manufacturing margin. Saxon, Inc. Variable Costing Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31 Sales   $1,360,000  Variable cost of goods sold:       Variable cost of goods manufactured $600,000      Ending inventory (90,000)       Total variable cost of goods sold   (510,000) Manufacturing margin   $850,000    Variable selling and administrative expenses   (238,000) Contribution margin   $612,000  Fixed costs:       Fixed manufacturing costs $240,000      Fixed selling and administrative expenses 65,000        Total fixed costs   (305,000) Operating income   $307,000  Method Comparison Review the income statements on the Absorption Statement and Variable Statement, then complete the following table. The company’s sales price per unit is $80, and the number of units in ending inventory is 3,000. There was no beginning inventory. Item Amount Number of units sold 17000 Variable sales and administrative cost per unit 14 Number of units manufactured 20000 Variable cost of goods manufactured per unit 30 Fixed manufacturing cost per unit 12 Question Content Area Manufacturing Decisions Whenever the units manufactured differ from the units sold, finished goods inventory is affected. In analyzing operating income, such increases and decreases could be misinterpreted as operating efficiencies or inefficiencies. Each decision-making situation should be carefully analyzed in deciding whether absorption or variable costing reporting would be more useful. All costs are controllable in the long run by someone within a business. For a given level of management, costs may be controllable costs or noncontrollable costs. The production manager for Saxon, Inc. is worried because the company is not showing a high enough profit. Looking at the income statements on the Absorption Statement and the Variable Statement, he notices that the operating income is higher on the absorption cost income statement. He is considering manufacturing another 10,000 units, up to the company’s capacity for manufacturing, in the coming year. He reasons that this will boost operating income and satisfy the company’s owner that the company is sufficiently profitable. Although the total units manufactured changes, assume that total fixed costs, unit variable costs, unit sales price, and the sales levels are the same. Complete questions (1)-(4) that follow. If the answer is zero, enter "0". 1. Use the income statements on the Absorption Statement and Variable Statement to complete the following table for the original production level. Then prepare similar income statements at a production level 10,000 units higher and add that information to the table. Assume that total fixed costs, unit variable costs, unit sales price, and the sales levels are the same at both production levels. Operating Income Original Production Level-Absorption Original Production Level-Variable Additional 10,000 Units-Absorption Additional 10,000 Units-Variable 343000 307000 445000 341000 2. What is the change in operating income from producing 10,000 additional units under absorption costing?       34,000 3. What is the change in operating income from producing 10,000 additional units under variable costing?   4. What would be your recommendation to the production manager? a. Do not produce the extra 10,000 units. The increase in operating income under absorption costing is due to fixed manufacturing costs being held in inventory, and the additional inventory will lead to higher handling, storage, financing, and obsolescence costs. b. Produce the extra 10,000 units. Operating income will be increased, and the production manager will receive praise for creating higher profits. c. Do not produce the extra 10,000 units. Operating income does not change under absorption costing when the additional units are produced. d. Produce the extra 10,000 units. It's always a good idea to have extra units on hand and keep the factory operating at capacity, even if all the units are not sold.

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Saxon, Inc.
Absorption Costing Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31
Sales   $1,360,000 
Cost of goods sold:    
  Cost of goods manufactured $840,000   
  Ending inventory (126,000)  
    Total cost of goods sold   (714,000)
Gross profit   $646,000 
Selling and administrative expenses   (303,000)
Operating income   $343,000 

Variable Statement

Under variable costing, the cost of goods manufactured includes only variable manufacturing costs. This type of income statement includes a computation of manufacturing margin.

Saxon, Inc.
Variable Costing Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31
Sales   $1,360,000 
Variable cost of goods sold:    
  Variable cost of goods manufactured $600,000   
  Ending inventory (90,000)  
    Total variable cost of goods sold   (510,000)
Manufacturing margin   $850,000   
Variable selling and administrative expenses   (238,000)
Contribution margin   $612,000 
Fixed costs:    
  Fixed manufacturing costs $240,000   
  Fixed selling and administrative expenses 65,000   
    Total fixed costs   (305,000)
Operating income   $307,000 

Method Comparison

Review the income statements on the Absorption Statement and Variable Statement, then complete the following table. The company’s sales price per unit is $80, and the number of units in ending inventory is 3,000. There was no beginning inventory.

Item Amount
Number of units sold 17000
Variable sales and administrative cost per unit 14
Number of units manufactured 20000
Variable cost of goods manufactured per unit 30
Fixed manufacturing cost per unit 12

Question Content Area

Manufacturing Decisions

Whenever the units manufactured differ from the units sold, finished goods inventory is affected. In analyzing operating income, such increases and decreases could be misinterpreted as operating efficiencies or inefficiencies. Each decision-making situation should be carefully analyzed in deciding whether absorption or variable costing reporting would be more useful.

All costs are controllable in the long run by someone within a business. For a given level of management, costs may be controllable costs or noncontrollable costs.

The production manager for Saxon, Inc. is worried because the company is not showing a high enough profit. Looking at the income statements on the Absorption Statement and the Variable Statement, he notices that the operating income is higher on the absorption cost income statement. He is considering manufacturing another 10,000 units, up to the company’s capacity for manufacturing, in the coming year. He reasons that this will boost operating income and satisfy the company’s owner that the company is sufficiently profitable. Although the total units manufactured changes, assume that total fixed costs, unit variable costs, unit sales price, and the sales levels are the same. Complete questions (1)-(4) that follow. If the answer is zero, enter "0".

1. Use the income statements on the Absorption Statement and Variable Statement to complete the following table for the original production level. Then prepare similar income statements at a production level 10,000 units higher and add that information to the table. Assume that total fixed costs, unit variable costs, unit sales price, and the sales levels are the same at both production levels.

Operating Income
Original Production
Level-Absorption
Original Production
Level-Variable
Additional 10,000
Units-Absorption
Additional 10,000
Units-Variable
343000 307000 445000

341000

2. What is the change in operating income from producing 10,000 additional units under absorption costing?       34,000

3. What is the change in operating income from producing 10,000 additional units under variable costing?

 

4. What would be your recommendation to the production manager?

a. Do not produce the extra 10,000 units. The increase in operating income under absorption costing is due to fixed manufacturing costs being held in inventory, and the additional inventory will lead to higher handling, storage, financing, and obsolescence costs.

b. Produce the extra 10,000 units. Operating income will be increased, and the production manager will receive praise for creating higher profits.

c. Do not produce the extra 10,000 units. Operating income does not change under absorption costing when the additional units are produced.

d. Produce the extra 10,000 units. It's always a good idea to have extra units on hand and keep the factory operating at capacity, even if all the units are not sold.

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