Steele Corporation has the following information for January, February, and March: January February March
Units produced 10,000 10,000 10,000
Units Sold 7,000 8,500 10,500
Production costs per unit (based on 10,000 units) are as follows:

Direct materials per unit

$12
Direct labor per unit 8
Variable overhead per unit 6
Fixed overhead per unit 4
Variable selling cost per unit 10
Fixed selling & administrative costs per unit 4
There were no beginning inventories for January, and all units were sold for $50. Costs are stable over the three months. Absorption costing income for March was than variable costing income.

d. $2,000 less

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

Particulars      January        February             March

Units beg.

inventory              0                 3,000             4,500

Units produced     10,000       10,000           10,000

Units sold             -7,000        -8,500           -10,500

Units ending

inventory               3,000         4,500                  4,000

Now

= $4 × (4,500 - 4,000)

= $2,000

So, here the income arise from absorption costing should be lower than the variable costing as the inventory is reduced  

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