Blue Mountain Products manufactures and sells a variety of camping products. Recently, the company opened a new
Question:
Blue Mountain Products manufactures and sells a variety of camping products. Recently, the company opened a new plant to manufacture a lightweight, self-standing tent. Cost and sales data for the first month of operations (June 2016) are as follows:
The tent sells for $150. Management is interested in the opening month's results and has asked for an income statement.
Instructions
(a) Assuming the company uses absorption costing:
1. Calculate the manufacturing cost per unit.
2. Prepare an absorption-costing income statement for the month of June 2016.
(b) Assuming the company uses variable costing:
1. Calculate the manufacturing cost per unit.
2. Prepare a variable-costing income statement for the month of June 2016.
(c) Reconcile the difference in net income between the absorption-costing and variable-costing methods.
(d) Assuming the company uses throughput costing:
1. Calculate the manufacturing cost per unit.
2. Prepare a throughput-costing income statement for the month of June 2016.
(e) Reconcile the difference in net income between the variable-costing and through put-costing methods.
Step by Step Answer:
Managerial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1118856994
4th Canadian edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso, Ibrahim M. Aly