Herrestad Company ABSORPTION, VARIABLE COSTING and BEP

Question # 00022808 Posted By: accounts_master Updated on: 08/12/2014 01:21 PM Due on: 12/31/2015
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Below find production and sales information for Herrestad Company. We will use this same company for the remaining SLPs.
Product information
Beginning inventory 0
Units produced 10,000
Units sold 8,000
Selling price per unit $250
Variable costs per unit
Direct material 100
Direct labor 50
Variable overhead 30
Variable selling and administrative 10
Fixed costs
Fixed manufacturing overhead 200,000
Fixed selling and administrative 100,000
Herrestad Company
Absorption Income Statement
For the period ending Dec. 31, 2011

Required:
Prepare a contribution margin (behavioral, variable) income statement for Herrestad Company, compare net operating profit from a contribution margin income statement with net income from an absorption income statement, and explain why this difference happens. Prepare a second version assuming the selling price per unit increases to $270 per unit.
Use the original information to:
• Determine the number of units the company must sell to break even for the year?
• Compute break even assuming direct materials cost increase from $100 to $130, but all information remains the same.

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