Assuming Sales Prices and Cost Behaviour Remain Unchanged, When Absorption

question 27

Multiple Choice

Assuming sales prices and cost behaviour remain unchanged, when absorption costing is used, overproducing creates which of the following situations?

• A)a buildup of inventory levels
• B)higher net income
• C)less fixed costs on the income statement
• D)all of the above

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