PROBLEM 8-12 Comprehensive Problem with Labour Fixed [LO1, 102, 103, L04] Zurgot Inc. has just organized a new division to manufacture and sell specially designed computer tables, using select hardwoods. The division's monthly costs are shown in the sched- ule below: Manufacturing costs: Variable costs per unit: Direct materials.. Variable manufacturing overhead. Fixed manufacturing overhead costs (total). Selling and administrative costs: Variable... Fixed (total). $152 $10 $340,000 15% of sales $160,000 Zurgot regards all of its workers as full-time employees and the company has a long-standing no-layoff policy. Furthermore, production is highly automated. Accordingly, the company includes its labour costs in its fixed manufacturing overhead. The tables sell for $400 each. During the first month of operations, the following activity was recorded: Units produced Units sold 4,000 3,200 Required: 1. Compute the unit product cost under a. Absorption costing. b. Variable costing. 2. Prepare an income statement for the month using absorption costing. 3. Prepare a contribution-format income statement for the month using variable costing. 4. Assume that the company must obtain additional financing. As a member of top management, which of the statements that you have prepared in (2) and (3) above would you prefer to have with you when you negotiate with the bank? Why? 5. Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing operating income figures in (2) and (3) above. PROBLEM 8-13 Absorption and Variable Costing: Production Constant, Sales Fluctuate [LO1, LO2, L03, 104] Leander Office Products, Inc.. produces and sells small storage and organizational products for office use, During the first month of operations, the products sold well. Andrea Leander, the owner of the company, was surprised to see a loss for the month on her income statement. This statement was prepared by a local bookkeeping service recommended to her by her bank manager. The state- ment follows.