Question

Sales totaled $1,242,300 for the year, variable selling and administrative expenses totaled $140,220, and fixed selling and administrative expenses totaled $217,008. There was no beginning inventory. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Under variable costing, the company's net operating income for the year would be

Answer 1

$105,260 lower than under absorption costing

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the net operating income for the year is shown below;

Change in units in inventory is

= Units produced - Units sold

= 30,140 units - 24,600 units

= 5,540 units

Now the fixed overhead per unit is

= Fixed manufacturing overhead ÷ Units produced

= $572,660 ÷ 30,140

= $19 per unit

Now the total amount would be

= 5,540 units × $19 per unit

= $105,260

Since the units produced is more than the units sold that means the net income under absorption costing is more than the net income under variable costing

hence, $105,260 lower than under absorption costing