During Heaton Companys first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows:

Year 1

Year 2

Sales (@ $63 per unit)

$

1,260,000

$

1,890,000

Cost of goods sold (@ $33 per unit)

660,000

990,000

Gross margin

600,000

900,000

Selling and administrative expenses*

314,000

344,000

Net operating income

$

\286,000\

$

556,000

$3 per unit variable; $254,000 fixed each year.

The companys $33 unit product cost is computed as follows:

Direct materials	$	7
Direct labor		12
Variable manufacturing overhead		2
Fixed manufacturing overhead ($300,000 25,000 units)		12
Absorption costing unit product cost	$	33

Forty percent of fixed manufacturing overhead consists of wages and salaries; the remainder consists of depreciation charges on production equipment and buildings.

Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are:

Year 1	Year 2
Units produced	25,000	25,000
Units sold	20,000	30,000

During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows Year Year 2 Sales ( $63 per unit) Cost of goods sold ( $33 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses Net operating income s 1,890,000 660,000 990,000 900,000 344,000 $1286,000$556,000 $ 1,260,000 600,000 314,000 $3 per unit variable; $254,000 fixed each year. The company's $33 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($300,000 25,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost 12 12 $ 33 Forty percent of fixed manufacturing overhead consists of wages and salaries, the remainder consists of depreciation charges on production equipment and buildings Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are Units produced Units sold Year 1 Year 2 25,000 25, 000 20,000 30,000 Required: 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