During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Sales (@ $62 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@ $31 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income $3 per unit variable; $253,000 fixed each year. $ 1,054,000 $1,674,000 527,000 Year 1 Year 21 837,000 837,000 304,000 334,000 $ 223,000 $ 503,000 527,000 The company's $31 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed panufacturing overhead ($264,000 +22,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are: $ 6 10 3 12 $ 31 Units produced Units soldi Required: Year 1 Year 21 22,000 22,000 17,000 27,000 1. Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years? 2. What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2? 3. Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years? Unit product cost Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2? (Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus sign.) Year 1 Year 2 Net operating income (loss) < Required 1 Required 3 > Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating income figures for each year. Reconciliation of Variable Costing and Absorption Costing Net Operating Incomes Variable costing net operating income (loss) Add (deduct) fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in (released from) inventory under absorption costing Absorption costing net operating income Year 1 Year 2