Finals Unit 4 Exercise - Variable and Absorption Costing
Finals Unit 4 Exercise - Variable and Absorption Costing
Finals Unit 4 Exercise - Variable and Absorption Costing
1. Jacob Company produces a ladies’ wallet and a men’s wallet. Selected data for the past year
follow:
Ladies’ Wallet Men’s Wallet
Production (units) 100,000 200,000
Sales (units) 90,000 210,000
Selling price P5.50 P4.50
Direct labor hours 50,000 80,000
Manufacturing costs:
Direct materials P75,000 P100,000
Direct labor 250,000 400,000
Variable overhead 20,000 24,000
Fixed overhead:
Direct 50,000 40,000
Commona 20,000 20,000
Nonmanufacturing costs:
Variable selling 30,000 60,000
Direct fixed selling 35,000 40,000
Common fixed sellingb 25,000 25,000
a
Common overhead totals P40,000 and is divided equally between the two products.
b
Common fixed selling costs total P50,000 and are divided equally between the two products.
Budgeted fixed overhead for the year, P130,000, equalled the actual fixed overhead. Fixed
overhead is assigned to the products using a plantwide rate based on expected direct labor hours,
which were 130,000. The company had 10,000 men’s wallets in inventory at the beginning of the
year. These wallets had the same unit cost as the men’s wallets produced during the year.
Required:
a. Compute the unit cost for the ladies’ and men’s wallets using the variable-costing method.
Compute the unit cost using absorption costing
b. Prepare an income statement using variable costing.
c. Prepare and income statement using variable costing.
d. Prepare a segmented income statement using the products as segments.
2. During ABC Company’s first two years of operations, the company reported net operating
income as follows (absorption costing basis):
Year 1 Year 2
Sales (at P50 per unit) P1,000,000 P1,500,000
Less Cost of goods sold:
Beginning inventory 0 170,000
Add cost of goods manufactured (at P34 per unit) 850,000 850,000
Goods available for sale 850,000 1,020,000
Less ending inventory (at P34 per unit) 170,000 0
Cost of goods sold 680,000 1,020,000
Gross margin 320,000 480,000
Less selling and administrative expenses* 310,000 340,000
Net operating income P10,000 P140,000
Production and cost data for the two years are given below:
Year 1 Year 2
Units produced 25,000 25,000
Units sold 20,000 30,000
Required:
a. Prepare an income statement for each year in the contribution format using variable costing.
b. Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing net operating income figures for each
year.