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High Country, Inc., produces and sells many recreational products. The company has just opened a new plant to produce a folding camp cot that will be marketed throughout the United States. The following cost and revenue data relate to May, the first month of the plant’s operation:
Beginning inventory | 0 | |
Units produced | 10,000 | |
Units sold | 8,000 | |
Selling price per unit | $ | 75 |
Selling and administrative expenses: | ||
Variable per unit | $ | 6 |
Fixed (per month) | $ | 200,000 |
Direct materials cost per unit | $ | 20 |
Direct labor cost per unit | $ | 8 |
Variable manufacturing |
$ | 2 |
Fixed manufacturing overhead cost (per month) | $ | 100,000 |
Management is anxious to assess the profitability of the new camp cot during the month of May.
Compute:
1. Let's say that the company uses absorption costing.
a. Calculate the unit product cost.
b. Compute an income statement for May.
2. Let's say that the company uses variable costing.
a. Calculate the unit product cost.
b. Compute a contribution format income statement for May.
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