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O’Brien Company manufactures and sells one product. Thefollowing information pertains to each of the company’s first threeyears of operations:

Variable costs per unit:
Manufacturing:
Direct materials$29
Direct labor$15
Variable manufacturingoverhead$6
Variable selling andadministrative$1
Fixed costs per year:
Fixed manufacturingoverhead$580,000
Fixed selling and administrativeexpenses$120,000

During its first year of operations, O’Brien produced 92,000units and sold 74,000 units. During its second year of operations,it produced 77,000 units and sold 90,000 units. In its third year,O’Brien produced 89,000 units and sold 84,000 units. The sellingprice of the company’s product is $79 per unit.

1. Assume the company uses variable costing and a FIFO inventoryflow assumption (FIFO means first-in first-out. In other words, itassumes that the oldest units in inventory are soldfirst):

a. Compute the unit product cost for Year 1, Year 2, and Year3.

Unit Product Cost
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

b. Prepare an income statement for Year 1, Year 2, and Year3.

O’Brien Company
Variable Costing Income Statement
Year 1Year 2Year 3
Variable expenses:
Total variable expenses000
000
Fixed expenses:
Total fixed expenses000
$0$0$0

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Requirement 1
a Unit product cost under variable costing with FIFO is $50 for all the three years
b O' Brian Company
Variable costing Income statement with FIFO
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Per unit
Unit produced 92000 77000 89000
Unit Sales 74000 90000 84000
Sales Revenue 5846000 7110000 6636000 79
Variable cost of goods manufactured
Opening inventory 0 900000 250000
Direct Materials 2668000 2233000 2581000 29
Direct Labor 1380000 1155000 1335000 15
Variable manufacturing overhead 552000 462000 534000 6
Variable cost of goods available for sale 4600000 4750000 4700000 50
Less : Closing Inventory 900000 250000 500000 50
Cost of goods sold 3700000 4500000 4200000 50
Gross Contribution Margin 2146000 2610000 2436000 29
Less : Variable selling and administrative 74000 90000 84000 1
Contribution Margin 2072000 2520000 2352000 28
Fixed expenses
Fixed manufacturing overhead 580000 580000 580000
Fixed selling and administrative expenses 120000 120000 120000
Total fixed expenses 700000 700000 700000
Net Operating Income(Loss) 1372000 1820000 1652000

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