Tami Tyler opened Tami$$s Creations, Incorporated, a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms$.$ Tyler$$s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami$$s Creations, Incorporated

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March $31$

Sales $(28,500$ units$)$ $ $1,140,000$

Variable expenses:

Variable cost of goods sold $ $418,950$

Variable selling and administrative $185,250604,200$

Contribution margin $535,800$

Fixed expenses:

Fixed manufacturing overhead $ $252,000$

Fixed selling and administrative $295,800547,800$

Net operating loss $ $(12,000)$

Ms$.$ Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she hoped to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and claims if absorption costing had been used, the company probably would have reported a profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms$.$ Tyler makes only one product$$a swimsuit. Production and cost data for the first quarter follow:

Units produced $31,500$

Units sold $28,500$

Variable costs per unit:

Direct materials $ $7\mathrm{.}50$

Direct labor $ $5\mathrm{.}70$

Variable manufacturing overhead $ $1\mathrm{.}50$

Variable selling and administrative $ $6\mathrm{.}50$

Required:

Complete the following:

Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

What is the company$$s absorption costing net operating income $($loss$)$ for the quarter?

Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income $($loss$)$ figures.

During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced $31,500$ units but sold $34,500$ units. $($Assume no change in total fixed costs.$)$

What is the company$$s variable costing net operating income $($loss$)$ for the second quarter?

What is the company$$s absorption costing net operating income $($loss$)$ for the second quarter?

Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes $($losses$)$ for the second quarter.