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Variable-Costing and Absorption-Costing Income Borques Company produces and sell

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Question

Variable-Costing and Absorption-Costing Income

Borques Company produces and sells wooden pallets that are used for moving and stacking materials. The operating costs for the past year were as follows:

During the year, Borques produced 200,000 wooden pallets and sold 204,300 at $9 each. Borques had 8,200 pallets in beginning finished goods inventory; costs have not changed from last year to this year. An actual costing system is used for product costing.

Required:

1. What is the per-unit inventory cost that is acceptable for reporting on Borques's balance sheet at the end of the year? How many units are in ending inventory? What is the total cost of ending inventory? Round the per unit amount to the nearest cent.

2. Calculate absorption-costing operating income.
$

3. Conceptual Connection: What would the per-unit inventory cost be under variable costing? Round to the nearest cent.
$

Does this differ from the unit cost computed in Requirement 1?

Why?

4. Calculate variable-costing operating income.
$

5. Suppose that Borques Company had sold 196,700 pallets during the year. What would absorption-costing operating income have been? Variable-costing operating income?

Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $2.85 Direct labor $1.92 Variable overhead $1.60 Variable selling $0.90 Fixed costs per year: Fixed overhead $180,000 Selling and administrative $ 96,000

Explanation / Answer

Per unit inventory cost

-------------------------------

Direct Material                                        $2.85

Direct labor                                             $1.92

Variable overhead                                   $1.60

                                                              ----------          $6.37

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead          

Fixed cost                                              $ 1,80,000

total units produced                                  2,00,000

Per unit fixed cost                                               $0.90

                                                                            ------------

Total manufacturing cost per unit                                        $7.27

                                                                                         -------------

2.Absorption costing operating income

Sales                                                                            204300 x $9.00 = $1838700

Cost goods sold =                                          204300 x $7.27 = $1485261

Gross profit                                         =$ 353439

less :- variable selling overhead    $0.9 x 204300           $ 183870

          Fixed selling overhead                                          $ 96,000

                                                                                       ---------------           $279870

Net income                        =                                                                       $ 73,569                                 

3.Unit cost of inventory in variable costing

Direct Material                                        $2.85

Direct labor                                             $1.92

Variable overhead                                   $1.60

                                                              ----------          $6.37

This is different compared to calculating the unit cost calculated in terms of absorption costing, because fixed manufacturing overhead is not included in variable costing approach.

4.Variable costing operating income

Sales per unit                         $9.00

cost of goods sold                  $6.37

variable selling per unit          $0.90

                                              --------- $7.27

Contribution margin                $1.73

No of units sold                            204,000

                                                      ------------- $352,920

less :-Fixed cost

Manufacturing overhead       $180,000

selling ovehead                     $ 96,000

                                             --------------    $276,000

operating income                                          $ 76,920

5.

Income under absorption costing on selling 196700 units

                                                                                           Absorption costing                  

  

Sales       $9 x 196700 units       17,70,300

less cost of goods sold $7.27 x 196700 14,30,009

Gross profit    3,40,291

less variable sellling overhead $0.9 x 196700 =$177030

        Fixed selling overhead                                    96000

                                                                            -------------       2,73,030

Operating income                                                                         67,261

    

Income under variable costing on selling 196,700 units

contribution   $1.73 x 196700 units    = $340291

Fixed cost

Manufacturing             $180000

Selling                         $ 96000

                                    ------------        $276000

Opeating income                               $ 64,291

less :