Question

Front Company had net income of $82,500 based on variable costing. Beginning and ending inventories were 1,800 units and 3,200 units, respectively. Assume the fixed overhead per unit was $8.40 for both the beginning and ending inventory. What is net income under absorption costing

Answer 1

$94,260.00

Step-by-step explanation:

There is no doubt that the difference between net income under absorption costing and variable costing method lies in the treatment of fixed cost, under the former, each product is charged with fixed cost while total fixed cost is charged as a period cost under the latter.

In essence, the fixed cost on ending inventory would have been expensed and deducted in arriving at net income under variable cost, in other words, we simply add to net income under variable costing the fixed cost attributable to an increase in ending inventory

income=$82,500+(3200-1800)*$8.40

net income=$94,260.00