Question: Cool Car Motors assembles and sells motor vehicles and uses standard costing. Actual data relating to April and May 2014 are as follows:
The selling price per vehicle is $27000. The budgeted level of production used to calculate the budgeted fixed manufacturing cost per unit is 500 units. There are no price, efficiency, or spending variances. Any production-volume variance is written off to cost of goods sold in the month in which it occurs.
Requirements: Prepare April and May 2014 income statements for Cool Car Motors under (a) variable costing and (b) absorption costing.
Prepare a numerical reconciliation and explanation of the difference between operating income for each month under variable costing and absorption costing.
Unit data April May
Beginning Inventory 0 100
Production 500 425
Sales 400 495
Variable Costs
Manufacturing cost/unit produced $11000 $11000
Operating (marketing) cost/unit sold 3200 3200
Fixed costs
Manufacturing costs $2000000 $2000000
Operating (marketing) costs 550000 550000