2. Grace produces a single product. At the beginning of the year, there were no unitsin inventory. During the year, Grace produced 120,000 units and sold 110,000 units at$25.75 per unit. Variable manufacturing costs are $15.5per unit. There is no fixedmanufacturing cost. Grace pays $5.7 per unit for sales commissions and shipping. Ithas fixed costs of $670,000 for selling and administration. Its tax rate is 30 percent.Which statement is TRUE in this case?A. Profit under absorption costing is larger than profit under variable costing by$110,000.B. Profit under variable costing is larger than profit under absorption costing by$108,000.C. Profit under absorption costing is the same as profit under variable costing.D. Profit under absorption costing is larger than profit under variable costing becausethe level of inventory increases
Question
- Grace produces a single product. At the beginning of the year, there were no unitsin inventory. During the year, Grace produced 120,000 units and sold 110,000 units at15.5per unit. There is no fixedmanufacturing cost. Grace pays 670,000 for selling and administration. Its tax rate is 30 percent.Which statement is TRUE in this case?A. Profit under absorption costing is larger than profit under variable costing by108,000.C. Profit under absorption costing is the same as profit under variable costing.D. Profit under absorption costing is larger than profit under variable costing becausethe level of inventory increases
Solution
To answer this question, we first need to calculate the profit under both absorption costing and variable costing.
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Calculate the total variable cost: Variable manufacturing cost per unit = 5.7 Total variable cost per unit = 5.7 = $21.2
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Calculate the total variable cost for all units sold: Total variable cost = 2,332,000
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Calculate the total revenue: Total revenue = 2,832,500
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Calculate the gross profit: Gross profit = Total revenue - Total variable cost = 2,332,000 = $500,500
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Calculate the net profit before tax: Net profit before tax = Gross profit - Fixed costs = 670,000 = -$169,500
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Calculate the net profit after tax: Net profit after tax = Net profit before tax * (1 - Tax rate) = -118,650
This is the profit under variable costing.
Under absorption costing, the cost of goods sold includes both variable and fixed manufacturing costs. However, in this case, there are no fixed manufacturing costs. Therefore, the cost of goods sold under absorption costing is the same as under variable costing. This means the profit under absorption costing is also -$118,650.
So, the correct answer is C. Profit under absorption costing is the same as profit under variable costing.
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