Castle Lager has just purchased the Jacksonville Brewery. The brewery is two years old and uses absorption costing. It will "sell" its product to Castle Lager at $47 per barrel. Peter Bryant, Castle Lager's controller, obtains the following information about Jacksonville Brewery's capacity and budgeted fixed manufacturing costs for 2017:

Required
1. Compute the budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead rate per barrel for each of the denominator-level capacity concepts. Explain why they are different.
2. In 2017, the Jacksonville Brewery reported these production results:
Beginning inventory in barrels, 1-1-2017 ........................... 0
Production in barrels ................................................... 2,670,000
Ending inventory in barrels, 12-31-2017 ........................... 210,000
Actual variable manufacturing costs ................................$80,634,000
Actual fixed manufacturing overhead costs ........................$26,700,000
There are no variable cost variances. Fixed manufacturing overhead cost variances are written off to cost of goods sold in the period in which they occur. Compute the Jacksonville Brewery's operating income when the denominator-level capacity is (a) theoretical capacity, (b) practical capacity, and (c) normal capacity utilization.

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Budgeted Fixed Manufacturing Days of Hours of Denominator-Level Capacity Concept Production Production Barrels per Dayper Hour Overhead per Periodper Period Practical capacity 348 348 20 510 410 $27,900,000 Master-budget capacity utilization for each half year: (a) January-June 2017 $13,950,000 $13,950,000 174 174 315 20