Inventoriable costs using absorption costing


Task: Information taken from Tuscarora Paper Company's records for the most recent year is as follows:

Direct material used                             $290,000
Direct labor                                           100,000
Variable manufacturing overhead              50,000
Fixed manufacturing overhead                  80,000
Variable selling and administrative costs    40,000
Fixed selling and administrative costs         20,000

Required to do:

1. Assuming Tuscarora Paper Company uses variable costing, compute the inventoriable costs for the year

2. Compute the year's inventoriable costs using absorption costing.

3. Now assume that Tuscarora Paper Company uses throughput costing, and the company has committed to spending for direct labor, variable overhead, and fixed overhead in the amounts given in the problem. Under this scenario, compute the company's inventoriable costs for the year.

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