Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.) Dowell Company produces a single product. Its income statements under absorption costing for its first two years of operation follow. Salen ($46 per unit) Cost of goods sold ($31 per unit) Gross margin Selling and administrative expenses Net Income 2016 2017 $1,104,000 $2,024,000 744,000 1,364,000 360,000 660,000 294,000 339,000 $ 66,000 $ 321,000 Additional Information a. Sales and production data for these first two years follow. Units produced Units sold 2016 2017 34,000 34,000 24,000 44,000 b. Variable cost per unit and total fixed costs are unchanged during 2016 and 2017. The company's $31 per unit product cost consists of the following. Direct materials Direct labor Variable overhead Pixed overhead ($340,000/34,000 units) Total product cost per unit 7 10 $31 C. Selling and administrative expenses consist of the following. Variable selling and administrative expenses ($2.25 per unit) Fixed selling and administrative expenses Total selling and administrative expenses 2016 2017 $ 54,000 $ 99,000 240,000 240,000 $294,000 $339,000 2. What are the differences between the absorption costing income and the variable costing income for these two years? (Lo amounts should be entered with a minus sign.) DOWELL COMPANY Reconciliation of Variable Costing Income to Absorption Costing Income 2016 2017 Variable conting Income (loss) Absorption costing income (los)