Reese's Tot Toy Boxes uses variable costing to manage its internal operations. Th e following data relate to the company's first year of operation, when 25,000 units were produced and 21,000 units were sold.
Variable costs per unit
Direct material $50
Direct labor 30
Variable overhead 14
Variable selling costs 12
Fixed costs
Selling and administrative $750,000
Manufacturing 500,000
How much higher (or lower) would the company's first-year net income have been if absorption costing had been used rather than variable costing? Show computations.