Craig Company Has Per-Unit Fixed and Variable Manufacturing Costs of $40

question 30

Essay

Craig Company has per-unit fixed and variable manufacturing costs of $40 and $15, respectively. Variable selling and administrative costs are $9 per unit. Consider the two independent cases that follow for the firm.
Case A: Variable-costing income, $110,000; sales, 6,000 units; production, 6,000 units
Case B: Variable-costing income, $178,000; sales, 7,500 units; production, 7,100 units
Required:
A. From a product-costing perspective, what is the basic difference between absorption costing and variable costing?

B. Compute Craig's absorption-costing income in Case
C. Compute Craig's absorption-costing income in Case

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Definitions:

Labor Dependent

Industries or activities heavily reliant on human labor as a primary input or resource for production.

Monopolistic Competitor

A firm in a market structure where many companies sell products that are similar but not identical, leading to non-price competition.

Revenue-And-Costs

The financial inflows associated with business operations and the expenditures required to generate revenue.

Price

Price is the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something, serving as the economic mechanism that balances supply and demand in markets.