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Exercise 19-17 Polk Company builds custom fishing lures for sporting goods store

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Question

Exercise 19-17

Polk Company builds custom fishing lures for sporting goods stores. In its first year of operations, 2012, the company incurred the following costs.

Variable Cost per Unit

Direct materials

$8.10

Direct labor

$2.65

Variable manufacturing overhead

$6.21

Variable selling and administrative expenses

$4.21

Fixed Costs per Year

Fixed manufacturing overhead

$253,650

Fixed selling and administrative expenses

$259,308


Polk Company sells the fishing lures for $27.00. During 2012, the company sold 80,800 lures and produced 95,000 lures.

(a)

Assuming the company uses variable costing, calculate Polk’s manufacturing cost per unit for 2012. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.10.50.)

Prepare a variable costing income statement for 2012.

POLK COMPANY
Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2012
Variable Costing

Administrative ExpensesContribution MarginFixed Manufacturing OverheadFixed Selling and Administrative ExpensesGross ProfitNet Income/(Loss)SalesTotal Fixed ExpensesTotal Variable ExpensesVariable Cost of Goods SoldVariable Selling and Administrative Expenses

$

Administrative ExpensesContribution MarginFixed Manufacturing OverheadFixed Selling and Administrative ExpensesGross ProfitNet Income/(Loss)SalesTotal Fixed ExpensesTotal Variable ExpensesVariable Cost of Goods SoldVariable Selling and Administrative Expenses

$

Administrative ExpensesContribution MarginFixed Manufacturing OverheadFixed Selling and Administrative ExpensesGross ProfitNet Income/(Loss)SalesTotal Fixed ExpensesTotal Variable ExpensesVariable Cost of Goods SoldVariable Selling and Administrative Expenses

Administrative ExpensesContribution MarginFixed Manufacturing OverheadFixed Selling and Administrative ExpensesGross ProfitNet Income/(Loss)SalesTotal Fixed ExpensesTotal Variable ExpensesVariable Cost of Goods SoldVariable Selling and Administrative Expenses

Administrative ExpensesContribution MarginFixed Manufacturing OverheadFixed Selling and Administrative ExpensesGross ProfitNet Income/(Loss)SalesTotal Fixed ExpensesTotal Variable ExpensesVariable Cost of Goods SoldVariable Selling and Administrative Expenses

Administrative ExpensesContribution MarginFixed Manufacturing OverheadFixed Selling and Administrative ExpensesGross ProfitNet Income/(Loss)SalesTotal Fixed ExpensesTotal Variable ExpensesVariable Cost of Goods SoldVariable Selling and Administrative Expenses

Administrative ExpensesContribution MarginFixed Manufacturing OverheadFixed Selling and Administrative ExpensesGross ProfitNet Income/(Loss)SalesTotal Fixed ExpensesTotal Variable ExpensesVariable Cost of Goods SoldVariable Selling and Administrative Expenses

$

Exercise 19-17

Polk Company builds custom fishing lures for sporting goods stores. In its first year of operations, 2012, the company incurred the following costs.

Variable Cost per Unit

Direct materials

$8.10

Direct labor

$2.65

Variable manufacturing overhead

$6.21

Variable selling and administrative expenses

$4.21

Fixed Costs per Year

Fixed manufacturing overhead

$253,650

Fixed selling and administrative expenses

$259,308


Polk Company sells the fishing lures for $27.00. During 2012, the company sold 80,800 lures and produced 95,000 lures.

(a)

Assuming the company uses variable costing, calculate Polk’s manufacturing cost per unit for 2012. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.10.50.)

Explanation / Answer

Unit product cost = 8.1+2.65+6.21 = $16.96 per unit

sales   (80800*27) 2,181,600 less:Variable cost of goods sold (16.96 * 80800) (1,370,368) contribution margin 811,232 less: Variable selling   (80800 * 4.21) (340,168) Fixed selling (259308) Fixed manufactuirng (253650) Total period cost (853126) net income -41894