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Seminar Outline
Understand the limitations of absorption
costing
Explain how variable costing differs from
absorption costing and compute unit
product costs under each method.
Prepare income statements using variable
costing and absorption costing
Reconcile variable costing and absorption
costing net operating incomes and explain
why the two amounts differ
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Year 1
$4
Year 2
$4
$1
$1
$20
$25
$20
$25
Year 1
0 unit
12,000 units
10,000 units
2,000 units
Year 2
2,000 units
27,000 units
5,000 units
24,000 units
Sales Qty
COGS ($25/unit x Sales Qty)
Production Qty
12,000 units 27,000units
Applied FOH (FOHR $20 x
Prodn Qty)
$240,000
$540,000
Actual FOH
$500,000
$500,000
Under-/(Over)-applied FOH
$260,000
($40,000)
As VOHR = $1/unit and Actual VOH = $1/unit, (Actual
VOH Applied VOH) = 0. There is no under- or over2016-17-T1-Aug to Dec 2016
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applied VOH
Sales
Sales ($30 per unit)
$300,000
$150,000
$250,000
$260,000
$125,000
+ Underapplied FMOH/
- Overapplied FMOH
Adjusted COGS
Profit/(Loss)
$510,000
($40,000)
$85,000
($210,000)
$65,000
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variable
variable
Variable Manu
OH $1
DM, DL $4
Variable
Product Cost $5
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Variable
Costing
Direct Materials
Product
Costs
Product
Costs
Direct Labor
Variable Manufacturing Overhead
Fixed Manufacturing Overhead
Period
Costs
12
Period
Costs
Variable Costing
Fixed manufacturing
cost is first captured as a
product cost and
expensed off only when
the good is sold
Fixed manufacturing
cost is expensed off
immediately
Distinction between
Distinction between fixed
manufacturing costs and costs and variable costs
non-manufacturing costs (costs classified by
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(costs classified by
behaviour)
Revenue
Less Adjusted COGS
COGS before adjustment
(DM+DL+Applied VOH+Applied FOH) x
Sales Qty
+ Underapplied Fixed OH
- Overapplied Fixed OH
Variable Expenses
(Selling & Admin
expenses)
Contribution
Margin
Gross Margin
Less ALL Fixed Costs Less ALL Period Costs/Expenses
Actual Fixed OH
Fixed Expenses
Fixed Expenses
Variable Expenses (Selling & Admin
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expenses)
Assume there is no under-/over-applied variable
Year 1
Year 2
10,000 units 5,000 units
$300,000
$150,000
50,000
25,000
$250,000
$125,000
$500,000
$500,000
($250,000) ($375,000)
($210,000)
$65,000
When
, Profit should ; or Loss
shouldSales
Costing:
Usingshould
Variable
Year 2
Year 3
$300,000
$300,000
$300,000
$4
$4
$4
DM per unit
$8
$8
$8
DL per unit
$12
$12
$12
$4
$4
$4
Total FOH
$50,000
$50,000
25,000
units
25,000 units
$12/unit
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$50,000
25,000
units
$12/unit
Year 2
$8
$12
Year 3
$8
$12
$4
$24
$12
$36
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
0
25,000
25,000
0
25,000
17,500
7,500
25,000
32,500
7,500
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Year 1
25,000
Year 2
25,000
Year 3
25,000
25,000
25,000
25,000
17,500
25,000
32,500
$1,200,00
0
$840,000 $1,560,000
$630,000 $1,170,000
$210,000
$390,000
$70,000
$50,000
$90,000
$130,000
$50,000
$210,000
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H is
25,000
17,500
32,500
Year 1
Income
Statement
Applied FOH in
COGS $12 x
25,000 units =
$300,000
Variable
Costing
Year 1
Income
Statement
All FOH
expensed
$300,000
Total Expenses =
Total Expenses =
No
difference; thus$300,000
Income is
$300,000
the same
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Year 2
Income Statement
Applied OH in COGS
$12 x 17,500 units
from current
production =
$210,000
Year 2
FOH =
$300,0
00
Variable
Costing
Year 2
Income
Statement
All FOH
expensed
$300,000
FOH in
Ending
inventory
7,500 units x
Absorption$12
Costing
expenses $210,000 < Variable Costing
=
$300,000 $90,000
expenses by $90,000 due to FOH deferred as
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asset in unsold inventory
Asset
Total Expenses =
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Total Exp =
Year 3
FOH =
$300,00
0
Variable Costing
Year 3
Income Statement
Year 3
Income
Statement
FOH in Beginning
inventory
expensed in COGS
7,500 units x $12 =
$90,000
Beginning
inventory does
not carry FOH
and thus no
impact on COGS
Applied OH in COGS
25,000 units from
current production x
$12 = $300,000
No Ending
Inventory
Absorption
Costing expenses $390,000 > Variable Costing
Total Expenses
TotalFOH
Exp =in
expenses $300,000 by $90,000
due =
to $90,000
$390,000
$300,000
Beg Inventory expensed
off as COGS
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Prod =
2016-17-T1-Aug Sales
to Dec 2016
Prod >
25
Sales
Prod <
Sales
Change in
Inventory
i.e.
Ending Inv
Beg Inv
Profit
Comparison
Inventory
Absorption
>
Variable
Inventory
Absorption
<
Variable
Inventory
Unchanged
Absorption
=
Variable
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Advantages
Impact of fixed
costs on profits
emphasized
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