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Abnormal loss

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 9 months ago by John Moffat.
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  • March 31, 2022 at 1:48 pm #652419
    pinkyjovin123
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    Hello Sir

    Please help me with the below question .

    During the month of December, a manufacturing process hours incurs material costs of $8000 and conversion costs of $4500.2000 kgs of material was input.There is a normal loss of 10% and all losses have a scrap value of $1.75 per kg.During the period,1700 kgs were output to finished goods.Opening and closing inventories in the process were nil.

    What was the value of the normal loss written off in the statement of profit or loss?

    Answer is $500

    TIA

    March 31, 2022 at 2:57 pm #652428
    John Moffat
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    The value of the normal loss written off is zero. The normal loss is built into the costings as I explain in my free lectures on process costing.

    I assume that either you have mistyped the question (or that there is a typing error in your book) and that it is the value of the abnormal loss that is being asked for.

    The cost per finished unit is ((8,000 + 4,500 – (10% x 2,000 x 1.75)) / ((2,000 – (10% x 2,000)) = $5 per unit.

    The actual loss is 300 units, the normal loss is 10% x 2,000 = 200, and therefore the abnormal loss is 100 units. 100 x $5 = $500.

    April 8, 2022 at 3:34 pm #652925
    pinkyjovin123
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    Sir,

    How do we get the actual loss 300 units ?

    TIA

    April 9, 2022 at 7:02 am #652934
    John Moffat
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    We subtract the kg’s that were output from the kg’s that were input.

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