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Mason Corporation began operations at the beginning of the current year. One of the companys products, a refrigeration element, sells for $185 per unit. Information related to the current years activities follows.

Variable costs per unit:
Direct material	$	10
Direct labor		36
Manufacturing overhead		44
Annual fixed costs:
Manufacturing overhead	$	600,000
Selling and administrative		860,000
Production and sales activity:
Production (units)		24,000
Sales (units)		20,000

Mason carries its finished goods inventory at the average unit cost of production and is subject to a 30 percent income tax rate. There was no work in process at year-end.

1. Determine the cost of the December 31 finished goods inventory.

2. Compute Masons net income for the current year ended December 31.