Dowell Company produces a single product. Its income statements under absorption costing for its first two years of operation follow.

		2018			2019
Sales ($46 per unit)	$	1,012,000		$	1,932,000
Cost of goods sold ($31 per unit)		682,000			1,302,000
Gross margin		330,000			630,000
Selling and administrative expenses		289,500			334,500
Net income	$	40,500		$	295,500

Additional Information

1. Sales and production data for these first two years follow.

	2018		2019
Units produced	32,000		32,000
Units sold	22,000		42,000

2. Variable cost per unit and total fixed costs are unchanged during 2018 and 2019. The company's $31 per unit product cost consists of the following.

Direct materials	$	5
Direct labor		9
Variable overhead		7
Fixed overhead ($320,000/32,000 units)		10
Total product cost per unit	$	31

3. Selling and administrative expenses consist of the following.

		2018			2019
Variable selling and administrative expenses ($2.25 per unit)	$	49,500		$	94,500
Fixed selling and administrative expenses		240,000			240,000
Total selling and administrative expenses	$	289,500		$	334,500

2. Prepare a table as in Exhibit 6.12 to convert variable costing income to absorption costing income for both 2018 and 2019. (Loss amounts should be entered with a minus sign.)

Can the company report a net income by increasing production to 100 tons and storing the excess production in inventory? Complete the following income statement (using absorption costing) based on production of 100 tons and sales of 65 tons. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

	Production volume
Cost of goods sold:	65 tons	100 tons
Cost of goods sold per unit
Number of tons sold
Total cost of goods sold
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Income statement - Absorption method
	Production volume
Sales volume - 65 tons	65 tons	100 tons