Subject: Cost Management & accounting MCQ'S: Columbia Corporation produces a single product. The company's variable costing income statement for November appears below: Columbia Corporation Income Statement For the Month ended November 30 Sales ($30 per unit)           $             1,200,000 Variable expenses:                           Variable cost of goods sold                         720,000 Variable selling expense                160,000 Total variable expenses                880,000 Contribution margin                      320,000 Fixed expenses:                  Manufacturing                 140,000 Selling and administrative                            35,000 Total fixed expenses                      175,000 Net operating income     $             145,000 During November, 35,000 units were manufactured and 8,000 units were in beginning inventory.   Variable production costs have remained constant on a per unit basis over the past several months. The value of the company's inventory on November 30 under absorption costing would be:              a)  $81,000              b) $54,000              c)  $66,000              d) $78,000

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Columbia Corporation produces a single product. The company's variable costing income statement for November appears below:

Columbia Corporation

Income Statement

For the Month ended November 30

Sales ($30 per unit)           $             1,200,000

Variable expenses:                          

Variable cost of goods sold                         720,000

Variable selling expense                160,000

Total variable expenses                880,000

Contribution margin                      320,000

Fixed expenses:                 

Manufacturing                 140,000

Selling and administrative                            35,000

Total fixed expenses                      175,000

Net operating income     $             145,000

During November, 35,000 units were manufactured and 8,000 units were in beginning inventory.   Variable production costs have remained constant on a per unit basis over the past several months.

The value of the company's inventory on November 30 under absorption costing would be:

             a)  $81,000

             b) $54,000

             c)  $66,000

             d) $78,000

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