If Beginning Inventory Is Overstated by $2,000 in 20X3,net Income

question 109

True/False

If beginning inventory is overstated by $2,000 in 20X3,net income in 20X4 will be overstated.

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in the cost of goods sold.

Absorption Costing

A calculation approach that encompasses all expenses of production, such as materials, labor, and all overheads, both variable and fixed, in determining a product's price.

Variable Production Costs

Costs that vary directly with the level of production, such as raw materials and direct labor.

Absorption Costing

This approach to bookkeeping encompasses all production-associated expenses, including direct materials, direct labor, and all manufacturing overheads, both variable and fixed, in calculating the product's price.