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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below]  Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $76 per unit in two geographic regions—the East and West regions

Accounting Feb 07, 2021

Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below] 
Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $76 per unit in two geographic regions—the East and West regions. The following information pertains to the company's first year of operations in which it produced 58,000 units and sold 54,000 units. 
Variable costs per unit: Manufacturing: Direct materials 23 Direct labor 15 Variable manufacturing overhead 3 Variable selling and administrative 3 Fixed costs per year: Fixed manufacturing overhead $1,160,000 Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 640,000 
The company sold 40,000 units in the East region and 14,000 units in the West region. It determined that $320,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $270,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $50,000 is a common fixed expense. The company will continue to incur the total amount of its fixed manufacturing overhead costs as long as it continues to produce any amount of its only product. 
7. What is the amount of the difference between the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes (losses)? 
Variable costing net operating income (loss) Add: Fixed manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory under absorption costing Absorption costing net operating income (loss) 

$ (72,000) 
 

Expert Solution

 

Variable Costing:

  Year 1
Direct Material 23
Direct Labor 15
Variable Manufacturing Overhead 3
Unit Cost 41
   
Sales (54,000*$76) 4104000
Variable Expenses:  
Cost of Goods Sold  
Opening Inventory                               -  
Add: Cost of Goods Manufactured (58,000*$41) 2378000
Less: Closing Inventory (4,000*$41) 164000
Cost of Goods Sold 2214000
Variable Selling and Administrative Expenses @ $3 162000
Total Variable Expenses 2376000
Contribution Margin 1728000
Fixed Expenses  
Fixed Manufacturing Overhead 1160000
Fixed Selling and Adm. Expenses 640000
Total Fixed expenses 1800000
Net operating income -72000

 

Absorption Costing:

  Year 1
Direct Material 23
Direct Labor 15
Variable Manufacturing Overhead 3
Fixed Manufacturing overhead ($1,160,000/58,000) 20
Unit Cost 61
   
Sales 4104000
Variable Expenses  
Cost of Goods Sold  
Opening Inventory                               -  
Add: Cost of Goods Manufactured 3538000
Less: Closing Inventory 244000
Cost of Goods Sold 3294000
Variable Selling and Administrative Expenses @ $3 162000
Total Variable Expenses 3456000
Contribution Margin 648000
Fixed Expenses  
Fixed Selling and Adm. Expenses 640000
Total Fixed expenses 640000
Net operating income 8000

 

Reconciliation between variable and absorption costing:

 

Net Loss under Variable costing -72,000
Add: Fixed manufacturing overhead differed in Closing Inventory 80,000
 
(4,000 Units * $20)
Profit under Absorption costing 8,000
   
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