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Absorption and Marginal Costing

VHVu Huy5y ago
Question: Moonlight.Ltd (Moonlight manufactures and sells three types of computer keyboards and data for these for June was as follows: Gaming Standard Eco Selling price (per unit) $265 $220 $195 Variable materials (per unit) $150 $125 $100 Variable labour (per unit) $36 $36 $30 Variable production overhead (per unit) $20 $18 $16 Actual production (units) 250 400 500 Closing inventory (units) 25 30 10 The variable labour rate is $10 per hour and Moonlight’s fixed overheads for June were $23.040. There was n opening inventory of any of the keyboards. During July, Moonlight’s fixed overhead absorption rate was calculated as $6 per labour hour. The labour cost per hour and per unit remained at their June values. The value of the closing inventory for each type of the keyboard was calculated using absorption costing as below. Closing inventory $ Units Gaming 4,600 20 Standard 6,000 30 Eco 800 5 In August, Moonlight sold all the keyboards it could produce during the month together with the entire opening inventory. Fixed production overheads were $31,000 for August; and the selling price, absorption cost, production and inventory information for August was as follow: Gaming Standard Eco Selling price (per unit) $270 $230 $195 Total absorption cost (per unit) as July $230 $200 $160 Opening inventory (units) 20 30 5 Actual production (units) 300 400 600 In September, production data and costs were the same as in August, but Moonlight did not sell all the keyboards that it produced. Required a. Calculate the cost of sales for each keyboard for June using marginal costing b. Calculate the fixed overhead absorption rate as a percentage of the labour cost for June c. Calculate the value of the closing inventory for each keyboard for July using marginal costing d. Assume that there was $1,170 of fixed production overheads included in the value of opening inventory, prepare the Income Statement for August under both marginal costing and absorption costing? e. In September, Moonlight’s profit was higher under which costing (marginal costing or absorption costing I have problem solving this question, can you help me please ? Thank you so much
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor5y ago#1
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