Jorganen Lighting, Inc., manufactures heavy duty street lighting systems for municipalities. The company uses variable costing for internal management reports and absorption costing for external reports to shareholders, creditors, and the government. The company has provided the following data Check my work Inventories Beginning (units) Ending (units). Variable costing net operating incone Year 1 Year 2 Year 200 176 170 180 100 220 $1.000,400 $1,832,400 $996,400 The company's fixed manufacturing overhead per unit was constant at $560 for all three years. 2. Assume in Year 4 that the company's variable costing net operating income was $984.400 and its absorption costing net operating income was $1,012,400 Did inventories increase or decrease during Year 47 Increase Decrease How much fixed manufacturing overhead cost was deferred or released from inventory during Year 4? mentary during Your < Prev 3 of 5 Next >