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Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
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Phoniex University
Oct-2001 - Nov-2016
| Advance products, Inc., has just organized a new division to manufacture and sell specially designed tables using select hardwoods for personal computers. The division's monthly costs are shown in the schedule below: | Â | ||||
| ADVANCE PRODUCTS, INC. | Â | Â | |||
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| Manufacturing costs: | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Variable costs per unit: | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Direct materials | Â | $ 86 | Â | Â | |
| Variable manufacturing overhead | Â | $ 4 | Â | Â | |
| Fixed manufacturing overhead costs (total) | Â | $ 240,000 | Â | Â | |
| Selling and administrative costs: | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Variable (percentage of sales) | Â | 15% | Â | Â | |
| Fixed (total) | Â | $ 160,000 | Â | Â | |
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| Advance products regards all of its workers as full-time employees and the company has a long-standing no-layoff policy. Furthermore, production is highly automated. Accordingly, the company includes its labour costs in its fixed manufacturing overhead. The tables sell for $250 each. | Â | ||||
| During the first month of operations, the following activity was recorded: | Â | Â | |||
| Activity: | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Units produced | Â | 4,000 | Â | Â | |
| Units sold | Â | 3,200 | Â | Â | |
| Required: | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| 1 | Compute the unit product cost under: | Â | |||
| Â | (a) absorption costing | Â | |||
| Â | (b) variable costing | Â | Â | ||
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| 2 | Prepare an income statement for the month using absorption costing. | Â | |||
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| 3 | Prepare a contribution format income statement for the month using variable costing. | ||||
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| 4 | Assume that the company must obtain additional financing. As a member of top management, which of the statements that you have prepared in (2) and (3) above would you prefer to take with you to negotiate with the bank? Why? | ||||
| 5 | Reconcile the absorption costing and variable costing net operating incomes in (2) and (3) above. | ||||
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