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Variable Costing Income Statement: ReconciliationDuring Denton Company’s first two years o...

Variable Costing Income Statement: Reconciliation

During Denton Company’s first two years of operations the company reported absorption costing net operating incomes as follows:

 

Year 1

Year 2

Sales (@$50 per unit)

$1,000,000

$1,500,00

Cost of goods sold (@  per unit)

680.000

1.020.000

Gross margin

320.000

480.000

Selling and administrative expenses

310.000

340.000

Net operating income

$ 10,000

$ 140,000

*$3 per unit variable;$250.000 fixed each year

The company’s $34 unit product cost is computed as follows:

Direct materials

$8

Direct labor

10

Variable manufacturing overhead

2

Fixed manufacturing overhead ($350,000 ÷ 25,000 units)

12

Absorption costing unit product cost

$34

Production and cost data for the two years are given below:

 

Year 1

Year 2

Units produced

25,000

25,000

Units sold

20,000

30,000

Required:

1. Prepare a variable costing contribution format income statement for each year.

2. Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing net operating income figure, for each year.

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