Can someone explain to me whats wrong with these statements? asked Cheri Reynolds, president of Milex Corporation.
Question:
The absorption costing income statements to which Ms. Reynolds was referring are shown below:
In the first year, the company produced and sold 40,000 units; in the second year, the company again sold 40,000 units, but it increased production to 50,000 units, as shown below:
Milex Corporation applies fixed manufacturing overhead costs to its only product on the basis of each years production.
Required:
1. Compute the unit product cost for each year under:
a. Absorption costing.
b. Variable costing.
2. Prepare a contribution format income statement for each year using variable costing.
3. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating income figures for each year.
4. Explain to the president why the net operating income for Year 2 was higher than for Year 1 under absorption costing, although the same number of units was sold in each year.
5. a. Explain how operations would have differed in Year 2 if the company had been using Lean Production and inventories had been eliminated.
b. If Lean Production had been in use during Year 2 and ending inventories were zero, what would the companys net operating income have been under absorption costing? Explain the reason for any difference between this income figure and the figure reported by the company in the statementsabove.
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