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Prepare comparative income statement and comparative schedule of cost of goods sold for each month under (1) absorption costing method and (2) variable costing method.
Explanation of Solution
Absorption costing: It refers to the method of product costing in which the price of the product is calculated considering all fixed as well as the variable or direct costs. The
Variable costing: It refers to the method of product costing in which the price of the product is calculated considering only the variable or direct costs or the cost that happened to occurred due to the product only. It also called as marginal costing as it takes marginal costs while calculating the product cost.
Prepare comparative income statement and comparative schedule of cost of goods sold for each month under (1) absorption costing method and (2) variable costing method as follows:
Comparative schedule of cost of goods sold for each month:
Table (1)
Comparative income statement for each month:
Table (2)
Working note (1):
Calculate the absorption costing per unit.
Working note (2):
Calculate the ending inventory units for each month.
Particulars | January | February | March |
Beginning inventory | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
Add: Number of units produced | 4,000 | 3,000 | 5,000 |
Less: Number of units sold | 3,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
Ending inventory | 1,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
Table (3)
Working note (3):
Calculate the cost of goods sold and ending inventory under absorption costing for each month.
Particulars | January | February | March |
Number of units produced (A) | 4,000 | 3,000 | 5,000 |
Absorption cost per unit (B) (1) | $ 21 | $ 21 | $ 21 |
Cost of goods manufactured | $ 84,000 | $ 63,000 | $ 105,000 |
Ending inventories units (C) (2) | 1,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
Absorption cost per unit (D) | $ 21 | $ 21 | $ 21 |
Ending inventory | $ 21,000 | $ 0 | $ 21,000 |
Beginning inventory units (E) (2) | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
Absorption cost per unit (F) | $ 21 | $ 21 | $ 21 |
Beginning inventory | $ 0 | $ 21,000 | $ 0 |
Table (4)
Working note (4):
Calculate the cost of goods sold and ending inventory under variable costing for each month.
Particulars | January | February | March |
Number of units produced (A) | 4,000 | 3,000 | 5,000 |
Variable cost per unit (B) | $ 16 | $ 16 | $ 16 |
Cost of goods manufactured | $ 64,000 | $ 48,000 | $ 80,000 |
Ending inventories units (C) (2) | 1,000 | 0 | 1,000 |
Variable cost per unit (D) | $ 16 | $ 16 | $ 16 |
Ending inventory | $ 16,000 | $ 0 | $ 16,000 |
Beginning inventory units (E) (2) | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
Variable cost per unit (F) | $ 16 | $ 16 | $ 16 |
Beginning inventory | $ 0 | $ 16,000 | $ 0 |
Table (5)
Working note (5):
Calculate the under or over applied fixed
January:
February:
March:
Working note (6):
Calculate the fixed selling and administrative expense per month.
Working note (7):
Calculate the fixed factory overhead per month.
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