Amazing Screen Corporation manufactures and sells 50-inch television sets and uses standard costing. Actual data relating to January, February, and March 2014 are as follows: The selling price per unit is $3,100. The budgeted level of production used to calculate the budgeted fixed manufacturing cost per unit is 1,100 units. There are no price, efficiency, or spending variances. Any production-volume variance is written off to cost of goods sold in the month in which it occurs. Read the requirements. (Click to view the data.) Requirement 1. Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March 2014 under (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing. (a). Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March of 2014 under variable costing. Complete the top half of the income statement for each month first, then complete the bottom portion. (Enter a "0" for any zero balance accounts.) 14 under variable th X i Requirements ua 1. Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March 2014 under (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing. 2. Explain the difference in operating income for January, February, and March under variable costing and absorption costing. Print Done January 2014 February 2014 March 2014 M HLUTTI HULT HLUT (b). Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March 2014 under absorption costing. Complete the top half of the income statement for each month first, then complete the bottom portion. (Enter a "0" for any zero balance accounts. Label any variances as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). If an account does not have a variance, do not select a label. Abbreviation used; Adj. = Adjustment, Mfg. = Manufacturing.) January 2014 February 2014 March 2014 MITI HITI Requirement 2. Explain the difference in operating income for January, February, and March under variable costing and absorption costing. Begin by preparing a numerical reconciliation and explanation of the difference between operating income for each month under variable costing and absorption costing. Determine the formula that will highlight the difference between the operating income under each method. Then complete the equation for each month. (Enter an amount in each input cell and enter a "0" for any zero balances. Abbreviations used: Beg. = beginning, End. = ending, Mfg. = Manufacturing, and Var. = Variable.) Variable-costing Absorption-costing operating income operating income = Jan Feb = Mar The difference between absorption and variable costing is due solely to moving into inventories as inventories and out of inventories as they Amazing Screen Corporation manufactures and sells 50-inch television sets and uses standard costing. Actual data relating to January, February, and March 2014 are as follows: The selling price per unit is $3,100. The budgeted level of production used to calculate the budgeted fixed manufacturing cost per unit is 1,100 units. There are no price, efficiency, or spending variances. Any production-volume variance is written off to cost of goods sold in the month in which it occurs. Read the requirements. (Click to view the data.) Requirement 1. Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March 2014 under (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing. (a). Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March of 2014 under variable costing. Complete the top half of the income statement for each month first, then complete the bottom portion. (Enter a "0" for any zero balance accounts.) 14 under variable th X i Requirements ua 1. Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March 2014 under (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing. 2. Explain the difference in operating income for January, February, and March under variable costing and absorption costing. Print Done January 2014 February 2014 March 2014 M HLUTTI HULT HLUT (b). Prepare income statements for Amazing Screen in January, February, and March 2014 under absorption costing. Complete the top half of the income statement for each month first, then complete the bottom portion. (Enter a "0" for any zero balance accounts. Label any variances as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). If an account does not have a variance, do not select a label. Abbreviation used; Adj. = Adjustment, Mfg. = Manufacturing.) January 2014 February 2014 March 2014 MITI HITI Requirement 2. Explain the difference in operating income for January, February, and March under variable costing and absorption costing. Begin by preparing a numerical reconciliation and explanation of the difference between operating income for each month under variable costing and absorption costing. Determine the formula that will highlight the difference between the operating income under each method. Then complete the equation for each month. (Enter an amount in each input cell and enter a "0" for any zero balances. Abbreviations used: Beg. = beginning, End. = ending, Mfg. = Manufacturing, and Var. = Variable.) Variable-costing Absorption-costing operating income operating income = Jan Feb = Mar The difference between absorption and variable costing is due solely to moving into inventories as inventories and out of inventories as they
