Morning Company reports the following information for March. Calculate the gross profit and operating income for March using absorption costing. Sales Revenue Variable Cost of Goods Sold $ 98,150 21,700 Fixed Cost of Goods Sold 14,200 Variable Selling and Administrative Costs 10,500 Fixed Selling and Administrative Cost 3,500

Salespersons report and analysis Walthman Industries Inc. employs seven salespersons to sell and distribute its product throughout the state. Data taken from reports received from the salespersons during the year ended December 31 are as follows: Instructions 1. Prepare a table indicating contribution margin, variable cost of goods sold as a percent of sales, variable selling expenses as a percent of sales, and contribution margin ratio by salesperson. (Round whole percent to one digit after decimal point.) 2. Which salesperson generated the highest contribution margin ratio for the year and why? 3. Briefly list factors other than contribution margin that should be considered in evaluating the performance of salespersons.

Using the information in the previous exercises about Marleys Manufacturing, determine the operating income for department B, assuming department A sold department B 1,000 units during the month and department A reduces the selling price to the market price.

Income Statements under Absorption and Variable Costing In the coming year, Kalling Company expects to sell 28,700 units at 32 each. Kallings controller provided the following information for the coming year: Required: 1. Calculate the cost of one unit of product under absorption costing. 2. Calculate the cost of one unit of product under variable costing. 3. Calculate operating income under absorption costing for next year. 4. Calculate operating income under variable costing for next year.

On March 31, the end of the first month of operations, Barnard Inc. manufactured 15,000 units and sold 12,000 units. The following income statement was prepared, based on the variable costing concept: Determine the unit cost of goods manufactured, based on (a) the variable costing concept and (b) the absorption costing concept.

Cost of goods sold, profit margin, and net income for a manufacturing company The following information is available for Bandera Manufacturing Company for the month ending January 31: For the month ended January 31, determine Bandera Manufacturings (A) cost of goods sold, (B) gross profit, and (C) net income.

West Island distributes a single product. The companys sales and expenses for the month of June are shown. Using the information presented, answer these questions: A. What is the break-even point in units sold and dollar sales? B. What is the total contribution margin at the break-even point? C. If West Island wants to earn a profit of $21,000, how many units would they have to sell? D. Prepare a contribution margin income statement that reflects sales necessary to achieve the target profit.

The following data were adapted from a recent income statement of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) for the year ended December 31: Assume that 8,500 million of cost of goods sold and 4,000 million of selling, administrative, and other expenses were fixed costs. Inventories at the beginning and end of the year were as follows: Also, assume that 30% of the beginning and ending inventories were fixed costs. a. Prepare an income statement according to the variable costing concept for Caterpillar Inc. Round numbers to nearest million. b. Explain the difference between the amount of operating income reported under the absorption costing and variable costing concepts. Round numbers to nearest million.

Customers as a Cost Object Morrisom National Bank has requested an analysis of checking account profitability by customer type. Customers are categorized according to the size of their account: low balances, medium balances, and high balances. The activities associated with the three different customer categories and their associated annual costs are as follows: Additional data concerning the usage of the activities by the various customers are also provided: Required: (Note: Round answers to two decimal places.) 1. Calculate a cost per account per year by dividing the total cost of processing and maintaining checking accounts by the total number of accounts. What is the average fee per month that the bank should charge to cover the costs incurred because of checking accounts? 2. Calculate a cost per account by customer category by using activity rates. 3. Currently, the bank offers free checking to all of its customers. The interest revenues average 90 per account; however, the interest revenues earned per account by category are 80, 100, and 165 for the low-, medium-, and high-balance accounts, respectively. Calculate the average profit per account (average revenue minus average cost from Requirement 1). Then calculate the profit per account by using the revenue per customer type and the unit cost per customer type calculated in Requirement 2. 4. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION After the analysis in Requirement 3, a vice president recommended eliminating the free checking feature for low-balance customers. The bank president expressed reluctance to do so, arguing that the low-balance customers more than made up for the loss through cross-sales. He presented a survey that showed that 50% of the customers would switch banks if a checking fee were imposed. Explain how you could verify the presidents argument by using ABC.

Weighted Average Method, Unit Costs, Valuing Inventories Byford Inc. produces a product that passes through two processes. During November, equivalent units were calculated using the weighted average method: The costs that Byford had to account for during the month of November were as follows: Required: 1. Using the weighted average method, determine unit cost. 2. Under the weighted average method, what is the total cost of units transferred out? What is the cost assigned to units in ending inventory? 3. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Bill Johnson, the manager of Byford, is considering switching from weighted average to FIFO. Explain the key differences between the two approaches and make a recommendation to Bill about which method should be used.