Dowell Company produces a single product. Its income statements under absorption costing for its first two years of operation follow. Sales ($48 per unit) Cost of goods sold ($33 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses Net income 2016 2017 $1,104,000 $2,064,000 759,000 1,419,000 345,000 645,000 291,000 331,000 $ 54,000 $ 314,000 Additional Information a. Sales and production data for these first two years follow. Units produced Units sold 2016 33,000 23,000 2017 33,000 43,000 b. Variable cost per unit and total fixed costs are unchanged during 2016 and 2017. The company's $33 per unit product cost consists of the following. $ 4 Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead Fixed overhead ($330,000/33,000 units) Total product cost per unit 10 c. Selling and administrative expenses consist of the following. Variable selling and administrative expenses ($2 per unit) Fixed selling and administrative expenses Total selling and administrative expenses 2016 2017 $ 46,000 $ 86,000 245,000 245,000 $291,000 $331,000 1. Complete income statements for the company for each of its first two years under variable costing. (Loss amounts should be entered with a minus sign.) DOWELL Company Variable Costing Income Statements 2016 2017 Net income (loss) 2. What are the differences between the absorption costing income and the variable costing income for these two years? (Loss amounts should be entered with a minus sign.) DOWELL COMPANY Reconciliation of Variable Costing Income to Absorption Costing Income 2016 2017 Variable costing income (loss) Absorption costing income (loss)