If a company produces 10,000 units and sells 8,000 units during a period, which method of computing operating income (absorption costing or variable costing) will result in the higher operating income? Why?

Problem 4-19 (Algo) Variable Costing Income Statement; Reconciliation [LO4-2, LO4-3] During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Sales (@$63 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@$35 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income $ Units produced Units sold $ *$3 per unit variable; $250,000 fixed each year. The company's $35 unit product cost is computed as follows: Year 1 Year 2 20,000 15,000 Year 1 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($360,000+ 20,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost 20,000 25,000 945,000 525,000 420,000 295,000 125,000 Year 2 $ 1,575,000 875,000 700,000 325,000 375,000 $ Forty percent of fixed manufacturing overhead consists of wages and salaries; the remainder consists of depreciation charges on production equipment and buildings. Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are: $…

Baxtell Company manufactures and sells a single product. The following costs were incurred during the company's first year of operations: Variable costs per unit: Manufacturing: Direct materials Direct labour Variable manufacturing overhead Variable selling and administrative Fixed costs per year: Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 27 7 4 9 370,800 183,200 During the year, the company produced 30,900 units and sold 22,900 units. The selling price of the company's product is $73 per unit. Required: 1. Assume that the company uses absorption costing. a. Compute the unit product cost. Unit product cost b. Prepare an income statement for the year. (Do not leave any empty spaces; Input a O wherever it is required.) Absorption Costing Income Statement Cost of goods sold:

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