AFM102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Total Absorption Costing, Earnings Before Interest And Taxes, European Cooperation In Science And Technology

Absorption and Variable Costing Comparisons Peachtree Companymanufactures peach jam. Because of bad weather, its peach crop wassmall. The following data have been gathered for the summer quarterof 2014: Beginning inventory (cases) 0 Cases produced 9,000 Casessold 8,200 Sales price per case $ 60 Direct materials per case $ 8Direct labor per case $ 9 Variable manufacturing overhead per case$ 3 Total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 320,000 Variable sellingand administrative cost per case $ 2 Fixed selling andadministrative cost $ 48,000 (a) Prepare a functional incomestatement for the quarter using absorption costing. (Round answersto the nearest dollar. Do not use negative signs with your answers,EXCEPT if you calculate a net loss.) Peachtree Company Functional(Absorption Costing) Income Statement For the Summer Quarter 2014Sales $Answer Cost of goods sold: Variable costs $Answer Fixedcosts Answer Goods available Answer Ending inventory Answer AnswerGross profit Answer Operating expenses: Variable selling andadministrative $Answer Fixed selling and administrative AnswerAnswer Net income (loss) $Answer (b) Prepare a contribution incomestatement for the quarter using variable costing. (Do not usenegative signs with your answers, EXCEPT if you calculate a netloss.) Peachtree Company Contribution (Variable Costing) IncomeStatement For the Summer Quarter 2014 Sales $Answer Variableexpenses: Manufacturing $Answer Selling and administrative AnswerAnswer Contribution margin Answer Fixed expenses: Manufacturingoverhead $Answer Selling and administrative Answer Answer Netincome (loss) $Answer (c) What is the value of ending inventoryunder absorption costing? (Round answer to the nearest wholenumber.) $Answer (d) What is the value of ending inventory undervariable costing? $Answer (e) The difference in the value of endinginventory in parts (c) and (d) is explained by the followingdifference between absorption and variable costing: Variablecosting treats all manufacturing costs as variable costs whileabsorption costing treats only variable manufacturing costs asvariable costs. Absorption costing treats fixed costs as periodcosts while variable costing treats fixed costs as product costs.Variable costing assigns only variable manufacturing costs toproducts while absorption costing assigns both variable and fixedmanufacturing costs to products. Absorption costing treats allmanufacturing costs as period costs while variable costing treatsonly variable manufacturing costs as period costs. Check Next

The Dorset Corporation produces and sells a single product. The following data refer to the year just completed:

Assume that direct labor is a variable cost.

Required:

a. Compute the unit product cost under both the absorption costing and variable costing approaches.

b. Prepare an income statement for the year using absorption costing.

c. Prepare an income statement for the year using variable costing.

d. Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing net operating income figures in (b) and (c) above.

Bracey Company manufactures and sells one product. The following information pertains to the company’s first year of operations:

The company does not incur any variable manufacturing overhead costs or variable selling and administrative expenses. During its first year of operations, Bracey produced 22,000 units and sold 20,700 units. The selling price of the company’s product is $56 per unit.

Required:

1. Assume the company uses super-variable costing:

a. Compute the unit product cost for the year.

b. Prepare an income statement for the year.

2. Assume the company uses a variable costing system that assigns $12.50 of direct labor cost to each unit produced:

a. Compute the unit product cost for the year.

b. Prepare an income statement for the year.

3. Assume the company uses an absorption costing system that assigns $12.50 of direct labor cost and $15.40 of fixed manufacturing overhead cost to each unit produced:

a. Compute the unit product cost for the year.

b. Prepare an income statement for the year.

4a. Reconcile the difference between the super-variable costing and variable costing net operating incomes.

4b. Reconcile the difference between the super-variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes.