FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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Whitman Company has just completed its first year of operations. The company’s absorption costing income statement for the year follows:

Whitman Company
Income Statement
Sales (41,000 units × $42.10 per unit) $ 1,726,100
Cost of goods sold (41,000 units × $21 per unit) 861,000
Gross margin 865,100
Selling and administrative expenses 471,500
Net operating income $ 393,600

The company’s selling and administrative expenses consist of $307,500 per year in fixed expenses and $4 per unit sold in variable expenses. The $21 unit product cost given above is computed as follows:

Direct materials $ 10
Direct labor 3
Variable manufacturing overhead 3
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($265,000 ÷ 53,000 units) 5
Absorption costing unit product cost $ 21

Required:

  1. Redo the company’s income statement in the contribution format using variable costing.
  2. Reconcile any difference between the net operating income on your variable costing income statement and the net operating income on the absorption costing income statement above.
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