Problem - Summit Manufacturing, Inc. produces snow shovels. The selling price per snow shovel is $30.
Costs involved in production are:
Direct material - $ 5
Direct labor - 4
Variable manufacturing overhead - 3
Total variable manufacturing costs per unit - $ 12
Fixed manufacturing overhead per year - $180,000
In addition, the company has fixed selling and administrative costs of $160,000 per year.
During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 show shovels.
Required - What is variable cost of goods sold?