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Super-Variable Costing Income Statement LO4—6
Zola Company manufactures and sells one product. The following information pertains to the company’s first year of operations:
The company does not incur any variable
Required:
- Assume the company uses super-variable costing:
- Compute the unit product cost for the year.
- Prepare an income statement for the year.

Concept introduction:
Income statement:
The income statement tells about the revenues earned and expenses incurred by the company in a specific period of time. It is also known as operations statement, earnings statement, revenue statement or profit, and loss statement.
- Calculate the unit product cost.
- Prepare an income statement for the given year.
Answer to Problem 4A.1E
- The unit product cost is $18.
- The income statement of Company Z is as follows:
Company Z | |||
Income Statement | |||
Particulars | Amount (Unit)(a) | Units(b) | Total amount(c = a × b) |
Sales | $50 | 20000 | $1,000,000 |
Less: Variable cost | ($18) | 20000 | ($360,000) |
Contribution margin (a) | $640,000 | ||
Less: Fixed costs | |||
Direct labor | $200,000 | ||
Fixed manufacturing cost | $250,000 | ||
Fixed selling and administration expenses | $80,000 | ||
Total fixed costs (b) | $530,000 | ||
Net operating income (c = a -b) | $110,000 |
Table: (1)
Explanation of Solution
(a)
Calculate the unit product cost:
The company uses the variable costing method. Under the variable costing method, the variable cost is considered as the product cost. In the given case, the variable cost of the product is $18.
Thus, the unit product cost is $18.
(b)
Prepare an income statement for the given year:
Company Z | |||
Income Statement | |||
Particulars | Amount (Unit)(a) | Units(b) | Total amount(c = a × b) |
Sales | $50 | 20000 | $1,000,000 |
Less: Variable cost | ($18) | 20000 | ($360,000) |
Contribution margin (a) | $640,000 | ||
Less: Fixed costs | |||
Direct labor | $200,000 | ||
Fixed manufacturing cost | $250,000 | ||
Fixed selling and administration expenses | $80,000 | ||
Total fixed costs (b) | $530,000 | ||
Net operating income (c = a -b) | $110,000 |
Table: (2)
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