In its first year of operations, Magna Manufacturers had the following costs when it produced 100,000 and sold 80,000 units of its only product:

Manufacturing costs

Fixed

$180,000

Variable

160,000

Selling and admin. costs

Fixed

90,000

Variable

40,000

How much lower would Magna’s net income be if it used variable costing instead of full absorption costing?

  1. $36,000
  2. $54,000
  3. $68,000
  4. $94,000