Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., 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....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., 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 has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company would probably have reported at least some profit for the quarter.At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product, a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:Required:1. Complete the following: a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing. b. Redo the company’s income statement for the quarter using absorption costing. c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.2. Was the CPA correct in suggesting that the company really earned a ?oprofit?? for the quarter? Explain.3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 30,000 units but sold 32,000 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.) a. Prepare a contribution format income statement for the quarter using variable costing. b. Prepare an income statement for the quarter using absorption costing. c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operatingincomes.
Nov 11, 2021
SOLUTION.PDF

Get Answer To This Question

Related Questions & Answers

More Questions »

Submit New Assignment

Copy and Paste Your Assignment Here