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During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, thecompany reported absorption costing net operating income asfollows:

Year 1 Year 2
Sales (@ $63 perunit) $ 945,000 $ 1,575,000
Cost of goods sold(@ $39 per unit) 585,000 975,000
Gross margin 360,000 600,000
Selling andadministrative expenses* 273,000 303,000
Net operatingincome $ 87,000 $ 297,000

* $3 per unit variable; $228,000fixed each year.

The company’s $39 unit productcost is computed as follows:

Directmaterials $ 6
Direct labor 11
Variablemanufacturing overhead 5
Fixed manufacturingoverhead ($285,000 ÷ 20,000 units) 17
Absorption costingunit product cost $ 39

Forty percent of fixed manufacturing overhead consists of wagesand salaries; the remainder consists
of depreciation charges on production equipment and buildings.

Production and cost data for thetwo years are:

Year 1 Year 2
Units produced 20,000 20,000
Units sold 15,000 25,000

Required:
1.

Prepare a variable costing contribution format income statementfor each year.

2.

Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing netoperating income figures for each year. (Losses anddeductions should be indicated with a minus sign.)

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Reid Wolff
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28 Sep 2019

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