$ 1,197,000   $ 1,827,000 Cost of goods sold (@ $41 per unit)   779,000     1,189,000 Gross margin   418,000     638,000 Selling and administrative expenses*   305,000     335,000 Net operating income $ 113,000   $ 303,000

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During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows:

 

  Year 1   Year 2
Sales (@ $63 per unit) $ 1,197,000   $ 1,827,000
Cost of goods sold (@ $41 per unit)   779,000     1,189,000
Gross margin   418,000     638,000
Selling and administrative expenses*   305,000     335,000
Net operating income $ 113,000   $ 303,000
 

 

* $3 per unit variable; $248,000 fixed each year.

 

The company’s $41 unit product cost is computed as follows:

 

     
Direct materials $ 7
Direct labor   13
Variable manufacturing overhead   2
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($456,000 ÷ 24,000 units)   19
Absorption costing unit product cost $ 41
 

 

Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are:

 

  Year 1 Year 2
Units produced 24,000 24,000
Units sold 19,000 29,000
 

 

Required:

1. Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years?

2. What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2?

3. Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year.

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