Horizon Manufacturing provides you with the following information for the most recent month of operations:
Units in beginning inventory .......... 0
Units produced .............. 2,000
Units sold ................ 1,600
Selling price ................ $50 per unit
Fixed manufacturing costs ......... $24,000
Fixed selling and administrative costs ..... $10,000
Variable manufacturing costs ......... $16 per unit
Variable selling and administrative costs .... $6 per unit

Required:
a. What is Horizon’s reported income and cost of ending inventory under variable costing?
b. What is Horizon’s reported income and cost of ending inventory under absorption costing? Assume Horizon allocates cost using units produced.
c. Reconcile the difference between Horizon’s income under variable costing and absorption costing.