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Example 3 – Required
Compared profit under marginal & absorption costing of the following situation.
a. Production > sales – my answer is absorption > marginal
b. Production < sales - my answer is absorption < marginal
c. production = sales – my answer is absoprtion < marginal
Is my answer is correct? If wrong please explain the reason. Thanks.
c. production = sales
Answer is: absorption costing profit = marginal costing profit
Reported profit figures using marginal costing or absorption costing will differ if there is any change in the level of inventories in the period.
In case (c), production = sales, which means, no change in inventory level. Thus, profits reported under both the costing systems will be the same.