Game Store manufactures video games that it sells for $38 each. The company uses a fixed manufacturing overhead allocation rate of $3 per game. Assume all costs and production levels are exactly as planned. The following data are from Game Store's first two months in business during 2018: (Click the icon to view the data.) Read the requirements Requirement 1. Compute the product cost per game produced under absorption costing and under variable costing. October 2018 Variable November 2018 Absorption Variable costing costing Absorption costing Data Table costing Total product cost per game October November Requirement 2a. Prepare monthly income statements for October and November, including columns for each month and a total column, using absorption costing. HINT income statement looks like a "traditional income statement. operating income. Remember that an absorption costing Sales 2,900 units 1,500 units 2.800 units Game Store Production 2,800 units Absorption Costing Income Statement $ 16 $ 16 October 2018 November 2018 Total 8 8 Variable manufacturing cost per game Sales commission cost per game Total fixed manufacturing overhead Total fixed selling and administrative costs 8,400 8.400 8,000 8,000 Print Done Operating Income Requirement 2b. Prepare monthly income statements for October and November, including columns for each month and a total column, using variable costing. HINT: Begin with net sales revenue, and note that there is a subtotal to be calculated as you work toward operating income. Remember that a variable costing income statement does not follow the "traditional income statement format. Game Store Variable Costing Income Statement October 2018 November 2018 x Data Table Total October November Sales 1,500 units 2,900 units 2,800 units 2,800 units $ 16 $ 16 Operating Income Production Variable manufacturing cost per game Sales commission cost per game Total fixed manufacturing overhead Total fixed selling and administrative costs 8 8 Requirement 3. Is operating income higher under absorption costing or variable costing in October? In November? Explain the pattern of differences in operating income based on absorption costing versus variable costing. 8,400 8,400 In October, the operating income is higher under 8,000 8,000 costing. The primary reason for this is that are distributed across the entire production of fixed manufacturing overhead costs are run as part of the unit cost. Under the absorption costing method, Print Done In November, the operating income is higher under costing. The primary reason for this is because of fixed manufacturing overhead that is contained in the units in ending inventory under As inventory as was the case in November, October's costs that absorption costing assigned to that inventory are expensed in This November's absorption costing income. Requirement 4. Determine the balance in Finished Goods Inventory on October 31 and November 30 under absorption costing and variable costing. Compare the differences in inventory balances and the differences in operating income. Explain the differences in inventory balances based on absorption costing versus wariable costing November 30, 2018 October 31, 2018 Absorption Variable costing costing Variable Absorption costing costing Finished Goods Inventory is representative of the Under absorption costing, the difference in the product cost per game is V, whereas under variable costing, the The higher inventory balance under Difference in the product cost per game is