The Southern Corporation manufactures a single product and has the following cost structure:   Variable costs per unit:$38Production  Selling and administrative$14Fixed costs per year:  Production$140,000Selling and administrative$84,000Last year, 7,000 units were produced and 6,800 units were sold. There was no beginning inventory.The carrying value on the balance sheet of the ending inventory of finished goods under variable costing would be:

A. $6,800 less than under absorption costing.
B. the same as absorption costing.
C. $4,000 less than under absorption costing.
D. $6,800 greater than under absorption costing.


Answer: C

Business

You might also like to view...

________ helps sales representatives understand how they spend their time and how they might increase their productivity

A) Time-and-duty analysis B) A sales quota C) A feed-forward approach D) An expense allowance E) A norm for prospect calls

Business

With alternative forms reliability, a low correlation may reflect either an unreliable scale or nonequivalent forms

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Business

Adjusting entries made at the end of an accounting period accomplish all of the following except:

A. Assuring that financial statements reflect the revenues earned and the expenses incurred. B. Updating liability and asset accounts to their proper balances. C. Assuring that external transaction amounts remain unchanged. D. Assigning revenues to the periods in which they are earned. E. Assigning expenses to the periods in which they are incurred.

Business

In order to determine the value of discrete demand in a simulation model using Excel, the ________ function is used to associate a specific value of demand with a random number

Fill in the blank with correct word.

Business