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absorption and marginal costing

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  • October 16, 2015 at 4:38 pm #276694
    mujahidaslam
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    A company manufactures and sells a single product. In two consecutive months the following levels of
    production and sales (in units) occurred:
    Month 1 Month 2
    Sales 3,800 4,400
    Production 3,900 4,200
    The opening inventory for Month 1 was 400 units. Profits or losses have been calculated for each month using
    both absorption and marginal costing principles.
    Which of the following combination of profits and losses for the two months is consistent with the
    above data?
    Absorption costing profit/(loss) Marginal costing profit/(loss)
    Month 1 Month 2 Month 1 Month 2
    $ $ $ $
    A 200 4,400 (400) 3,200
    B (400) 4,400 200 3,200
    C 200 3,200 (400) 4,400
    D (400) 3,200 200 4,400

    how are we going to solve this question???

    October 17, 2015 at 9:09 am #276772
    John Moffat
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    The question does not ask you to calculate the profit. It asks which of the profits is consistent with the information (i.e. which set of profits are possible).

    In Month 1, production is more than sales and so inventories will increase and therefore the absorption profit will be higher.
    In month 2 production is less than sales and so inventories will decrease and therefore marginal profit will be higher.

    Only one of the choices has absorption higher in month 1 and marginal higher in month 2.

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