In the year, TGIT Inc. incurred the following costs:
Direct materials | $ 4.00 per unit |
Direct labour | $ 5.00 per unit |
Variable manufacturing overhead | $ 3.00 per unit |
Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ 100,000 |
Variable selling expenses | $ 1.00 per unit |
Fixed selling expenses | $ 40,000 |
In the year, TGIT produced 40,000 units and sold 42,000 units.The company had no beginning or ending work-in-process inventory.However, there are 5,000 units in beginning finished goodsinventory. The 5,000 units produced in the previous year have thesame costs per unit as the units produced in the year.
Hint - be clear about the difference between absorption andvariable costing models
Using the information provided, answer the followingquestions:
a) Without making any calculations, which costing method willproduce a higher net income for TGIT?
AnswerVariable CostAbsorption CostNeither
b) How many units are in finished goods inventory on December31?
Answer units
c) Under variable costing, what is the productcost per unit?
$ Answer per unit
d) Under variable costing, what is the totalvalue of TGIT's finished goods inventory on December 31?
$ Answer
e) Under variable costing,what is the totalselling and administrative expense for the year?
$ Answer
f) Under absorption costing, what is theproduct cost per unit?
$ Answer per unit
g) Under absorption costing, what is the totalvalue of TGIT's finished goods inventory on December 31?
$ Answer
h) Under absorption costing,what is the totalselling and administrative expense for the year?
$ Answer
