Holo Company Reported the Following Financial Numbers for One of Its

question 111

Multiple Choice

Holo Company reported the following financial numbers for one of its divisions for the year; average total assets of $5,800,000; sales of $5,375,000; cost of goods sold of $3,225,000; and operating expenses of $1,147,000. Assume a target income of 15% of average invested assets. Compute residual income for the division:

• A) $133,000.
• B) $196,750.
• C) $150,450.
• D) $100,300.
• E) $150,500.

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

A technique in accounting that rolls all manufacturing expenses including direct material costs, direct labor, and every overhead, regardless if fixed or variable, into the overall cost of a product.

Unit Product Cost

The overall expense involved in creating one unit of a product, encompassing direct materials, direct labor, and distributed overhead costs.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs (both variable and fixed) in the cost of a product.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that includes only variable costs in product cost calculations and treats fixed costs as period costs.