During Its First Year of Operations, Holt Manufacturing Company Incurred

question 16

Multiple Choice

During its first year of operations, Holt Manufacturing Company incurred the following costs to produce 200,000 units of its only product: Holt also incurred the following costs in the sale of 180,000 units of product during its first year: Assume that direct labor is a variable cost.
-What would be the cost per unit of Holt's finished goods inventory at the end of the first year of operations under the variable costing method?

• A) $2.34
• B) $2.74
• C) $4.50
• D) $6.30

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Definitions:

Income Tax Payable

The amount of income tax a company or individual owes to the government but has not yet paid at a specific date, found on the balance sheet.

Pre-Tax Book Income

Earnings of a business before taxes are deducted, as reported in its financial books.

Tax Depreciation

The allocation of an asset's cost over its useful life for the purposes of tax deductions, according to IRS rules and schedules.

Book Depreciation

The method of calculating the depreciation of an asset for record-keeping and tax purposes.