EXERCISE 7-9 (20 MINUTES)

4. The fixed manufacturing overhead cost deferred in inventory from Year

2 was charged against Year 3 operations, as shown in the reconciliation

in (2b). This added charge against Year 3 operations was offset some-

what by the fact that part of Year 3’s fixed manufacturing overhead

costs were deferred in inventory to future years [again see (2b)]. Over-

all, the added costs charged against Year 3 were greater than the costs

deferred to future years, so the company reported less income for the

year even though the same number of units was sold as in Year 1.

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