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Chapter 7: Applying Excel

Step 1: Download the Applying Excel form located on the left-hand side, under files.

Step 2: Then enter formulas in all cells that contain question marks. For example, in cell B26 enter the formula "= B17".

Step 3: Check your worksheet by changing the units sold in the Data to 6,000 for Year 2. The cost of goods sold under absorption costing for Year 2 should now be $240,000. If it isnt, check cell C41. The formula in this cell should be =IF(C26

If your worksheet is operating properly, the net operating income under both absorption costing and variable costing should be $(34,000) for Year 2. That is, the loss in Year 2 is $34,000 under both methods. If you do not get these answers, find the errors in your worksheet and correct them. Assume that the units produced in year 2 were sold first.

Step 4: Proceed to the requirements below only after completing your worksheet as it will be used to answer the following questions.

The LIFO inventory flow assumption is used throughout the problem.

Chapter 7: Applying Excel: Exercise

2. Change all of the numbers in the data area of your worksheet so that it looks like this:

If your formulas are correct, you should get the correct answers to the following questions.

(a) What is the net operating income (loss) in Year 1 under absorption costing?

(b) What is the net operating income (loss) in Year 2 under absorption costing?

(c) What is the net operating income (loss) in Year 1 under variable costing?

(d) What is the net operating income (loss) in Year 2 under variable costing?

(e) The net operating income (loss) under absorption costing is less than the net operating income (loss) under variable costing in Year 2 because: (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)

• Units were left over from the previous year.checked
• The cost of goods sold is always less under variable costing than under absorption costing.checked
• Sales exceeded production so some of the fixed manufacturing overhead of the period was released from inventories under absorption costing.unchecked

3.

Make a note of the absorption costing net operating income (loss) in Year 2.

At the end of Year 1, the companys board of directors set a target for Year 2 of net operating income of $100,000 under absorption costing. If this target is met, a hefty bonus would be paid to the CEO of the company. Keeping everything else the same from part (2) above, change the units produced in Year 2 to 4,600 units.

(a) Would this change result in a bonus being paid to the CEO?

• Yes

• No

(b) What is the net operating income (loss) in Year 2 under absorption costing?

(c) Would this doubling of production in Year 2 be in the best interests of the company if sales are expected to continue to be 2,500 units per year?

• Yes

• No

Chapter 7: Applying Excel
Data
Selling price per unit	$50
Manufacturing costs:
Variable per unit produced:
Direct materials	$11
Direct labor	$6
Variable manufacturing overhead	$3
Fixed manufacturing overhead per year	$120,000
Selling and administrative expenses:
Variable per unit sold	$4
Fixed per year	$70,000
	Year 1	Year 2
Units in beginning inventory	0
Units produced during the year	10,000	6,000
Units sold during the year	8,000	8,000
Enter a formula into each of the cells marked with a ? below
Review Problem 1: Contrasting Variable and Absorption Costing
Compute the Ending Inventory
	Year 1	Year 2
Units in beginning inventory	0	?
Units produced during the year	?	?
Units sold during the year	?	?
Units in ending inventory	?	?
Compute the Absorption Costing Unit Product Cost
	Year 1	Year 2
Direct materials	?	?
Direct labor	?	?
Variable manufacturing overhead	?	?
Fixed manufacturing overhead	?	?
Absorption costing unit product cost	?	?
Construct the Absorption Costing Income Statement
	Year 1	Year 2
Sales	?	?
Cost of goods sold	?	#VALUE!
Gross margin	?	?
Selling and administrative expenses	?	?
Net operating income	?	?
Compute the Variable Costing Unit Product Cost
	Year 1	Year 2
Direct materials	?	?
Direct labor	?	?
Variable manufacturing overhead	?	?
Variable costing unit product cost	?	?
Construct the Variable Costing Income Statement
	Year 1		Year 2
Sales		?		?
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold	?		?
Variable selling and administrative expenses	?	?	?	?
Contribution margin		?		?
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead	?		?
Fixed selling and administrative expenses	?	?	?	?
Net operating income		?		?

1 Chapter 7: Applying Excel 2 3 Data $ 328 4 Selling price per unit 5 Manufacturing costs: 6 Variable per unit produced: Direct materials $ 136 8 Direct labor $ 50 $ 40 $ 133,400 Variable manufacturing overhead 10 Fixed manufacturing overhead per year 11 Selling and administrative expenses: 12 Variable per unit sold 3 $ $ 13 Fixed per year 70,000 14 15 Year 1 Year 2 16 0 17 Units in beginning inventory Units produced during the year Units sold during the year 2,900 2,300 18 2,500 2,500