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Problem 5.4 (LO1, 2)Variable and Full Costing: Earnings Management with FullCosting; Changes in Production and Sales Sampson Steelproduces high-quality worktables. The company has been in operationfor three years, and sales have declined each year due to increasedcompetition. The following information is available:

2020

2021

2022

Total

Units sold

10,000

9,000

8,000

27,000

Units produced

10,000

10,000

7,000

27,000

Fixed production costs

$350,000

$350,000

$350,000

Variable production costs per unit

$100

$100

$100

Selling price per unit

$350

$350

$350

Fixed selling and administrative expenses

$300,000

$300,000

$300,000

Required

  1. Calculate profit and the value of ending inventory for eachyear under full costing.
  2. Calculate profit and the value of ending inventory for eachyear under variable costing.
  3. Explain how management of Sampson could manipulate earnings in2021 by producing more units than are actually needed to meetdemand. Could this approach to earnings management be repeated yearafter year?

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