Question

The Southern Corporation manufactures a single product and has the following cost structure: Variable costs per unit: Production $ 35 Selling and administrative $ 15 Fixed costs per year: Production $120,400 Selling and administrative $101,140 Last year, 6,020 units were produced and 5,920 units were sold. There was no beginning inventory. The carrying value on the balance sheet of the ending inventory of finished goods under variable costing would be:

Answer 1

Answer:

See below

Explanation:

The computation of carrying value on the balance sheet of the ending inventory of finished goods under variable costing is seen below;

Before that, we have to determine the unit cost

Unit fixed manufacturing overhead = $120,400 ÷ 6,020 units = $20

Then, the difference will be;

= Unit fixed manufacturing overhead × change in inventory in units

= $20 × (6,020 units - $5,920)

= $20 × 100 units

= $2,000 less than absorption costing