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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 (@ $64 per unit) $ 1,088,000 $ 1,728,000

Cost of goods sold (@ $36 per unit) 612,000 972,000

Gross margin 476,000 756,000

Selling and administrative expenses* 301,000 331,000

Net operating income $ 175,000 $ 425,000

* $3 per unit variable; $250,000 fixed each year. The company’s$36 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials $ 6Direct labor 11 Variable manufacturing overhead 3 Fixedmanufacturing overhead ($352,000 ÷ 22,000 units) 16 Absorptioncosting unit product cost $ 36 Forty percent of fixed manufacturingoverhead consists of wages and salaries; the remainder consists ofdepreciation charges on production equipment and buildings.Production and cost data for the two years are: Year 1 Year 2 Unitsproduced 22,000 22,000 Units sold 17,000 27,000 Required: a.Prepare a variable costing contribution format income statement foreach year. b. Reconcile the absorption costing and the variablecosting net operating income figures for each year. (Losses shouldbe indicated by a minus sign.)

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Nestor Rutherford
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