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Chapter 21: Q-21-1RQ (page 1166)

What is absorption costing?

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Absorption costing is the traditional method of calculating product cost per unit.

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Meaning of absorption costing

Absorption costing is the traditional method of calculating product cost per unit and operating income. This method gives equal importance to fixed cost and does not believe in the concept of irrelevant cost or sunk cost.

02

Difference between variable and absorption costing

The main difference is absorption costing and variable costing is that the former method considers fixed manufacturing overhead cost as product cost, whereas the latter method considers it as period cost.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Question: Computing variable costing operating income Refer to the information for Concord, Inc.

Requirements:

  1. Using variable costing, calculate the unit product cost.
  2. Prepare an income statement using the contribution margin format.

Use the following information for Exercises E21-14 and E21-15.

Concord, Inc. has collected the following data for November (there are no beginning inventories):

Units produced and sold 500 units Sales price $ 450 per unit Direct materials 64 per unit Direct labor 68 per unit Variable manufacturing overhead 26 per unit Fixed manufacturing overhead 7,500 per month Variable selling and administrative costs 15 per unit Fixed selling and administrative costs 4,400 per month

Computing variable costing contribution margin

Refer to your answers to Short Exercise S21-6. Product X sells for \(175 per unit. Assume no beginning inventories. Calculate the contribution margin using variable costing when Adamson:

  1. Produces and sells 2,000 units.
  2. Produces 2,500 units and sells 2,000 units
  3. Produces 5,000 units and sells 2,000 units.

S21-6 Direct materials \) 41 per unit Direct labor 57 per unit Variable manufacturing overhead 7 per unit Fixed manufacturing overhead 20,000 per year

Question: Computing absorption costing operating income

Refer to the information for Concord, Inc.

Requirements

  1. Using absorption costing, calculate the unit product cost.
  2. Prepare an income statement using the traditional format.

Use the following information for Exercises E21-14 and E21-15.

Concord, Inc. has collected the following data for November (there are no beginning inventories):

Units produced and sold 500 units Sales price $ 450 per unit Direct materials 64 per unit Direct labor 68 per unit Variable manufacturing overhead 26 per unit Fixed manufacturing overhead 7,500 per month Variable selling and administrative costs 15 per unit Fixed selling and administrative costs 4,400 per month

Analyzing profitability Sampler Company sells two products, Sigma and Zeta, with a sales mix of 70% and 30%, respectively. Sigma has a contribution margin per unit of \(26, and Zeta has a contribution margin per unit of \)21. The company sold 700 total units in September. Calculate the total amount each product contributed to the coverage of fixed costs and the total contribution margin for the company.

Sampson Company operates a manufacturing facility where several products are made. Each product is considered a business segment, and the product managers have the opportunity to receive a bonus based on the profit of the segment. Franco Hopper is the manager for the scissors product line. Production and sales data for the scissors product line for the past three years are shown below:

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Units produced 100,000 units 125,000 units 160,000 units Units sold 100,000 units 100,000 units 100,000 units Sales price per unit \( 12.00 per unit \) 12.00 per unit $ 12.00 per unit Variable manufacturing cost per unit 5.00 per unit 5.00 per unit 5.00 per unit Total fixed manufacturing costs 200,000 per year 200,000 per year 200,000 per year

Hopper’s bonus is 0.5% of the gross profit of the scissors product line, based on absorption costing. Upper management is discussing changing the bonus system so that bonuses are based on operating income using variable costing. Hopper is opposed to this change and has been trying to convince the other product managers to join him in voicing their opposition. There are no beginning inventories in Year 1.

Requirements:

  1. Calculate the fixed cost per unit produced for each year.
  2. Prepare income statements for the three years using absorption costing.
  3. Calculate Hopper’s bonus based on the current plan.
  4. Prepare income statements for the three years using variable costing.
  5. Calculate Hopper’s bonus based on the proposed plan.
  6. Give possible reasons why Hopper is opposed to the proposed bonus plan. Do you think Hopper’s actions have been ethical the past three years? Why or why not?
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