FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
Bartleby Related Questions Icon

Related questions

Question

Need help solvin a&b

### Sam Darnold Company Operational Data

**Product Information:**

- Selling Price per Unit: $119

**Production and Sales Data:**

- Units in Beginning Inventory: 370
- Units Produced: 6,420
- Units Sold: 6,330
- Units in Ending Inventory: 460

**Variable Costs per Unit:**

- Direct Materials: $42
- Direct Labor: $21
- Variable Manufacturing Overhead: $5
- Variable Selling and Administrative Expense: $2

**Fixed Costs:**

- Fixed Manufacturing Overhead: $141,240
- Fixed Selling and Administrative Expense: $6,970

The company maintains a constant production rate each month, although sales fluctuate. Variable costs per unit and total fixed costs remain consistent.

**Required Tasks:**

a. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing.

b. Prepare an income statement for the month using absorption costing.

**Instructions:**

You are to complete the contribution format income statement using the provided data by considering variable and fixed expenses separately. 

**Variable Costing Income Statement:**

- **Variable Expenses:**
  - List all operational costs that vary with production volume.
  
- **Fixed Expenses:**
  - Outline all costs that remain constant regardless of production changes.

Use the tabs provided to input your calculated values for each section of the income statement.

This exercise demonstrates the differences in profit calculation between variable and absorption costing methods.
expand button
Transcribed Image Text:### Sam Darnold Company Operational Data **Product Information:** - Selling Price per Unit: $119 **Production and Sales Data:** - Units in Beginning Inventory: 370 - Units Produced: 6,420 - Units Sold: 6,330 - Units in Ending Inventory: 460 **Variable Costs per Unit:** - Direct Materials: $42 - Direct Labor: $21 - Variable Manufacturing Overhead: $5 - Variable Selling and Administrative Expense: $2 **Fixed Costs:** - Fixed Manufacturing Overhead: $141,240 - Fixed Selling and Administrative Expense: $6,970 The company maintains a constant production rate each month, although sales fluctuate. Variable costs per unit and total fixed costs remain consistent. **Required Tasks:** a. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing. b. Prepare an income statement for the month using absorption costing. **Instructions:** You are to complete the contribution format income statement using the provided data by considering variable and fixed expenses separately. **Variable Costing Income Statement:** - **Variable Expenses:** - List all operational costs that vary with production volume. - **Fixed Expenses:** - Outline all costs that remain constant regardless of production changes. Use the tabs provided to input your calculated values for each section of the income statement. This exercise demonstrates the differences in profit calculation between variable and absorption costing methods.
Expert Solution
Check Mark
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Accounting
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, accounting and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Accounting
ISBN:9781259964947
Author:Libby
Publisher:MCG
Text book image
Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781337272094
Author:WARREN, Carl S., Reeve, James M., Duchac, Jonathan E.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,
Text book image
Accounting Information Systems
Accounting
ISBN:9781337619202
Author:Hall, James A.
Publisher:Cengage Learning,
Text book image
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis...
Accounting
ISBN:9780134475585
Author:Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher:PEARSON
Text book image
Intermediate Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781259722660
Author:J. David Spiceland, Mark W. Nelson, Wayne M Thomas
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Financial and Managerial Accounting
Accounting
ISBN:9781259726705
Author:John J Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education