Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing Hansard Company produced 39,000 units during its first year of operations and sold 38,900 at $17 per unit. The company chose practical activity—at 39,000 units—to compute its predetermined overhead rate. Manufacturing costs are as follows: Required: 1. Calculate the unit cost for each of these four costs. 2. Calculate the cost of one unit of product under absorption costing. 3. How many units are in ending inventory? 4. Calculate the cost of ending inventory under absorption costing.

Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing and Variable Costing At the end of the first year of operations, 6,000 units remained in the finished goods inventory. The unit manufacturing costs during the year were as follows: Direct materials $31.10   Direct labor 17.30   Fixed factory overhead 6.60   Variable factory overhead 5.80   Determine the cost of the finished goods inventory reported on the balance sheet under (a) the absorption costing concept and (b) the variable costing concept. Absorption costing $fill in the blank 1 Variable costing $fill in the blank 2

Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing and Variable Costing At the end of the first year of operations, 6,500 units remained in the finished goods inventory. The unit manufacturing costs during the year were as follows: Direct materials $40.40   Direct labor 18.70   Fixed factory overhead 5.80   Variable factory overhead 5.10   Determine the cost of the finished goods inventory reported on the balance sheet under (a) the absorption costing concept and (b) the variable costing concept. Absorption costing $fill in the blank 1 Variable costing $fill in the blank 2

TaskMaster Enterprises employs a standard cost system in which direct materials inventory is carried at standard cost. TaskMaster has established the following standards for the prime costs of one unit of product.   Standard Quantity Standard Price Standard Cost Direct Materials 8 pounds $ 1.90 per pound $ 15.20 Direct Labor 0.25 hour $ 8.20 per hour 2.05           $ 17.25 During November, TaskMaster purchased 160,500 pounds of direct materials at a total cost of $288,900. The total factory wages for November were $43,000, 90% of which were for direct labor. TaskMaster manufactured 19,000 units of product during November using 142,500 pounds of direct materials and 5,010 direct labor-hours. What is the direct labor rate variance for November?

Inventory Valuation under Absorption Costing and Variable Costing At the end of the first year of operations, 4,900 units remained in the finished goods inventory. The unit manufacturing costs during the year were as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Fixed factory overhead Variable factory overhead $35.10 20.90 6.70 5.90 Determine the cost of the finished goods inventory reported on the balance sheet under (a) the absorption costing concept and (b) the variable costing concept. Absorption costing Variable costing