VARIABLE COSTING Exercises

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VARIABLE COSTING Exercises

1. A company makes stained glass lamps. Each lamp that it sells for P210 per unit requires
P12 of direct materials and P48 of direct labor. Fixed overhead costs are expected to be
P135,000 per year. The company expects to sell 1,000 lamps during the coming year.
Selling and administrative expenses were zero.
Required:
Income statement using both absorption costing and variable costing methods
assuming that the company makes 1,000, 1,250, and 1,500 lamps during the year.

2. A company pays its production managers a bonus based on the company’s profitability.
During the two most recent years, the company maintained the same cost structure to
manufacture the products.

Year Units Produced Units Sold


2019 4,000 4,000
2020 6,000 4,000

Cost Data:

Direct Materials P12/unit


Direct Labor P16/unit
Variable Overhead P8/unit
Fixed Overhead P72,000
Variable Selling & Admin. Expense P6/unit
Fixed Selling & Admin. Expense P40,000

The company sells its products for P75/unit.

Required:

Prepare an income statement based on absorption and variable costing for years 2019
and 2020.

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