During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Year 1 Year 2 $ 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 328,000 Sales ($60 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@ $40 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses 900,000 600,000 300,000 298,000 $ \2,000\ 172,000 Net operating income * $3 per unit variable; $253,000 fixed each year. The company's $40 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials Direct labor 6 12 Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($340,000 20,000 units) 17 40 Absorption costing unit product cost 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 2 20,000 25,000 Year 1 Units produced 20,000 15,000 Units sold 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. Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years? Unit product cost 23 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 3 Required 1 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 Year 1 Year 2 Variable costing net operating income (loss) Absorption costing net operating income Required 2 Required 3>