Managerial Accounting: Prepared by Diane Tanner University of North Florida

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Managerial Accounting

Basic Variable
and Full Costing

Prepared by Diane Tanner


University of North Florida
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Measuring Product Costs


Includes all costs necessary to get products
ready to sell
Two methods to determine product costs
Full (absorption) costing Helps managers
make product
Required for GAAP reporting decisions as it is
Emphasizes the cost function easy to predict how
costs will behave in
Variable costing the future
Used for internal decision making
Emphasizes cost behavior
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Reporting Product Costs


Merchandising companies
Buy goods to sell
Product costs reported
Merchandise Inventory on the balance sheet
Cost of Goods Sold on the income statement
Manufacturing companies
Buy materials to produce products to sell
Product costs reported
Raw Materials, Work in Process, Finished Goods
on the balance sheet
Cost of Goods Sold on the income statement
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Components of Product Costs


Inventoriable costs include
Full Direct materials
Costing Direct labor
Variable manufacturing overhead
costs
Fixed manufacturing overhead costs
Inventoriable costs include
Variable Direct materials
Direct labor
Costing
Variable manufacturing overhead
costs
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Two Forms of Income Statements


Full costing income statement
Costs are reported based on function
Product versus period
Gross margin is the amount available
to cover operating expenses and to go
towards profit.
Variable costing income statement
Costs are reported based on behavior
Variable versus fixed
Contribution margin is the amount
available to cover fixed costs and to go
towards profit.
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GP Ratio vs. CM Ratio

Contribution Margin (in $)


Sales (in $)
Indicates the portion of every sales dollar available
Interpretation
to cover fixed costs and to go towards profit

Gross Profit (in $)


Sales (in $)
Indicates the portion of every sales dollar available
Interpretation
to cover operating costs and to go towards profit
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Expanded GAAP Income Statement


Sales $100,000
Cost of goods sold:
Variable product costs $22,000
Fixed product costs 11,000
Total cost of goods sold 33,000
Gross margin (gross profit) 67,000
Operating expenses:
Variable period costs 38,000
Fixed period costs 19,000
Total operating expenses 57,000
Net operating income $10,000

Gross profit $67,000


= = 67.00%
Sales $100,000
Expanded Variable Costing
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Income Statement
Sales $100,000
Variable costs:
Variable product costs $22,000
Variable period costs 38,000
Total variable costs 60,000
Contribution margin 40,000
Fixed expenses:
Fixed product costs 11,000
Fixed period costs 19,000
Total fixed expenses 30,000
Net operating income $10,000

Contribution Margin $40,000


= = 40.00%
Sales $100,000
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The Contribution Approach


Consider the following information developed by the
accountant at Element Skateboard Co:
Total Per Unit Percen
Sales (500 skateboards) $ 250,000 $ 500 100
Variable expenses 150,000 300 60
Contribution margin $ 100,000 $ 200 40
Fixed expenses 80,000
Net operating income $ 20,000

CMR: = $200/$500 = 40%


For each sales dollar For each additional
generated by Element, profit skateboard sold, profit will
will increase by $0.40. Fixed increase by $200. Fixed costs
costs in total do not change. in total do not change.
The End

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