Reconciliation of Absorption and Variable Costing Net Operating Incomes L07—3
Jorgansen Lighting; Inc., manufactures heavy-duty street lighting systems for municipalities. The company uses variable costing for internalmanagement reports and absorption costing for external reports to shareholders, creditors, and the government. The company has provided thefollowing data:
The company’s fixed manufacturing
Required:
1. Calculate each year’s absorption costing net operating income. Present your answer in the form of a reconciliation report.
2. Assume in Year 4 that the company’s variable costing net operating income was $984,400 and its absorption costing net operatingincome was $1,012,400.
a. Did inventories increase or decrease during Year 4?
b. How much fixed
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