Question

Denton Company manufactures and sells a single product. Cost data for the product are given:

Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials			$	5
Direct labor				9
Variable manufacturing overhead				2
Variable selling and administrative				2
Total variable cost per unit			$	18
Fixed costs per month:
Fixed manufacturing overhead	$	72,000
Fixed selling and administrative		166,000
Total fixed cost per month	$	238,000

The product sells for $53 per unit. Production and sales data for July and August, the first two months of operations, follow:

	Units Produced	Units Sold
July	24,000	20,000
August	24,000	28,000

The company’s Accounting Department has prepared the following absorption costing income statements for July and August:

	July			August
Sales	$	1,060,000		$	1,484,000
Cost of goods sold		380,000			532,000
Gross margin		680,000			952,000
Selling and administrative expenses		206,000			222,000
Net operating income	$	474,000		$	730,000

Required:

1. Determine the unit product cost under:

a. Absorption costing.

b. Variable costing.

2. Prepare contribution format variable costing income statements for July and August.

3. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes.

Answer 1