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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 (@ $62 perunit) $ 1,116,000 $ 1,736,000
Cost of goods sold(@ $30 per unit) 540,000 840,000
Gross margin 576,000 896,000
Selling andadministrative expenses* 300,000 330,000
Net operatingincome $ 276,000 $ 566,000

* $3 per unit variable; $246,000fixed each year.

The company’s $30 unit productcost is computed as follows:

Directmaterials $ 8
Direct labor 9
Variablemanufacturing overhead 1
Fixed manufacturingoverhead ($276,000 ÷ 23,000 units) 12
Absorption costingunit product cost $ 30

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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Sixta Kovacek
Sixta KovacekLv2
28 Sep 2019

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