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Learning Objective 1
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Product costs
Product costs
The difference between absorption and variable costing is the treatment of fixed manufacturing overhead.
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Learning Objective 2
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$ $
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$ 150,000 $ 100,000
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Selling and administrative expenses are always treated as period expenses and deducted from revenue.
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Mellon Co. had no beginning inventory, produced 25,000 units and sold 20,000 units this year at $30 each.
Absorption Costing
Sales (20,000 $30) Less cost of goods sold: Beginning inventory $ Add COGM (25,000 $16) 400,000 Goods available for sale $ 400,000 Ending inventory (5,000 $16) 80,000 Gross margin Less selling & admin. exp. Variable (20,000 $3) $ 60,000 Fixed 100,000 Net income $ 600,000
320,000 $ 280,000
160,000 $ 120,000
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Learning Objective 3
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$ 150,000 100,000
250,000 $ 90,000
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$ 50,000 $ 50,000
150,000 $ 150,000
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Learning Objective 4
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30,000 120,000
Learning Objective 5
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Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
CVP includes all fixed costs to compute breakeven.
Variable costing and CVP are consistent as both treat fixed costs as a lump sum.
Learning Objective 6
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Advantages
Advantages
Consistent with long-run pricing decisions that must cover full cost.
So, the difference between variable and absorption income tends to disappear.
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Learning Objective 7
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Throughput Costing
Unit-level spending for direct costs.
Product cost
Unit-level costs are incurred every time a unit of product is manufactured and will not be incurred again until the next unit is manufactured.
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Throughput Costing
Example In an automated process direct material may be the only unit-level cost and so is the only product cost.
Advantages
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Learning Objective 8
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375,000 $ 75,000
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End of Chapter 17
The End
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