Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.   Tami’s Creations, Inc. Income Statement For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales (28,000 units)       $ 1,120,000   Variable expenses:             Variable cost of goods sold $ 428,400         Variable selling and administrative   187,600     616,000   Contribution margin         504,000   Fixed expenses:             Fixed manufacturing overhead   279,000         Fixed selling and administrative   238,500     517,500   Net operating loss       $ ( 13,500)       Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.   At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:         Units produced 31,000 Units sold 28,000 Variable costs per unit:   Direct materials   $ 7.60 Direct labor   $ 6.00 Variable manufacturing overhead   $ 1.70 Variable selling and administrative   $ 6.70     Required: 1. Complete the following: a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing. b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter? c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

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Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

 

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,000 units)       $ 1,120,000  
Variable expenses:            
Variable cost of goods sold $ 428,400        
Variable selling and administrative   187,600     616,000  
Contribution margin         504,000  
Fixed expenses:            
Fixed manufacturing overhead   279,000        
Fixed selling and administrative   238,500     517,500  
Net operating loss       $ ( 13,500)  
 

 

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

 

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

 

     
Units produced 31,000
Units sold 28,000
Variable costs per unit:  
Direct materials   $ 7.60
Direct labor   $ 6.00
Variable manufacturing overhead   $ 1.70
Variable selling and administrative   $ 6.70
 

 

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

2. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,000 units but sold 34,000 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

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