Problem 5-19 Variable Costing Income Statement; Reconciliation [LO5-2, L05-3] During Heaton Company's first two years of operations, the company reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Sales @ $60 per unit) Cost of goods sold (@ $38 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses* Net operating income Year 1 $1,200,000 760,000 440,000 307,000 $ 133,000 Year 2 $ 1,800,000 1,140,000 660,000 337,000 $ 323,000 *$3 per unit variable: $247,000 fixed each year. The company's $38 unit product cost is computed as follows: $ 9 10 Direct materials Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead Fixed manufacturing overhead ($450,000 - 25,000 units) Absorption costing unit product cost $ 38 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 two years are: Units produced Units sold Year 1 25,000 20,000 Year 2 25,000 30,000 Required: 1. Prepare a variable costing contribution format income statement for each year. Year 2 Heaton Company Variable Costing Income Statement Year 1 Sales Variable expenses: Variable cost of goods sold Variable selling and administrative expenses 0 Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Fixed manufacturing overhead Fixed selling and administrative expenses 0 Total fixed expenses Net operating income (loss) $ $ 0 0 2. 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 (Losses) Year 1 Year 2 Variable costing net operating income (loss) Add (deduct) fixed manufacturing overhead deferred in (released from) inventory under absorption costing Absorption costing net operating income (loss) $ 0 $