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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 (@ $60 perunit) $ 1,080,000 $ 1,680,000
Cost of goods sold(@ $31 per unit) 558,000 868,000
Gross margin 522,000 812,000
Selling andadministrative expenses* 302,000 332,000
Net operatingincome $ 220,000 $ 480,000

* $3 per unit variable; $248,000fixed each year.

The company’s $31 unit productcost is computed as follows:

Directmaterials $ 7
Direct labor 8
Variablemanufacturing overhead 2
Fixed manufacturingoverhead ($322,000 ÷ 23,000 units) 14
Absorption costingunit product cost $ 31

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 23,000 23,000
Units sold 18,000 28,000

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 should beindicated by a minus sign.)

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Collen Von
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