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12 20 Consider the following stateme 1. A division's ne·operating cting bub tseeable md aliated common ised costs, is negative. menew, a.ler The division's traceable fised costs plus its allocated coenm which ofthe above statments isavalid reason eliminting the division A. Only 1 B. Only 2 C. Only 3, D. Only 1. and 2 E. Only 2, and 3. 21 Krugman Company manufactures and sells one product. The following information pertains to each of the company's first two years of operations Variable cost per unit: Direct materials 589 per unit Fixed costs per year: Direct labor Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative $1,344,000 $3,472,000 $1,782,000 The company does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs or variable selling and administrative expenses. The selling price of the company's product is $227 per unit. Year I 56,000 56,000 54,000 58,000 Year 2 Production (units) Sale (units) The company is considering using either super-variable costing or a variable costing system that assigns direct labor cost equally to each unit that is produced. Which of the following statements is true regarding the net operating income (NOI) in the first year? A. Variable costing NOI exceeds super-variable costing NOl by B. Super-variable costing NOI exceeds variable costing NOI by C. Variable costing NOI exceeds super-variable costing NOI by D, Super-variable costing NOI exceeds variable costing NOI by E. None of the above S172,000 S172,000 $48,000 $48,000

Explanation / Answer

Answer = C

Variable Costing NOI exceeds Super variable costing NOI by $48,000

Super variable Costing

Under Super variable costing Variable cost will be of Material only

Variable cost = $89/Unit

And all other cost will be deducted while calculating Net Operating Income

Particulars

In $

Sales (54,000 Units * 227)

12,258,000

Variable Cost

Direct Material (54,000 Units * 89)

4,806,000

Contribution margin

7,452,000

Fixed Cost

Direct Labor

1,344,000

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

3,472,000

Fixed selling and administrative

1,782,000

Net Operating Income

854,000

Variable Costing

Under Variable costing Variable cost will be of Material and Labor both

Labor Cost per Unit = Cost/Production Units

= 1,344,000/56,000 Units

Labor Cost per Unit = $24 per unit

Variable cost = $113(89+24) per unit

And all other cost will be deducted while calculating Net Operating Income

Particulars

In $

Sales (54,000 Units * 227)

12,258,000

Variable Cost

Direct Material (54,000 Units * 89)

4,806,000

Direct Labor (54,000 Units * 24)

1,296,000

Contribution margin

6,156,000

Fixed Cost

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

3,472,000

Fixed selling and administrative

1,782,000

Net Operating Income

902,000

Variable Costing has more NOI by $48,000 (902,000 – 854,000)

Particulars

In $

Sales (54,000 Units * 227)

12,258,000

Variable Cost

Direct Material (54,000 Units * 89)

4,806,000

Contribution margin

7,452,000

Fixed Cost

Direct Labor

1,344,000

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

3,472,000

Fixed selling and administrative

1,782,000

Net Operating Income

854,000