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  • November 10, 2014 at 9:11 pm #208914
    Iqra
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    Can any one help me …..

    A manufacturer absorbs production overheads into the cost of jobs as a percentage of actual direct labour cost. Two jobs were worked on during a period:

    Job 1 ($)
    Job 2 ($)
    Opening work-in-progress
    5,269
    –
    Direct materials in the period
    10,726
    4,652
    Direct labour in the period
    4,360
    2,940

    Production overheads of $9,855 were incurred in the period. Job 2 was completed in the period.
    What is the value of work-in-progress at the end of the period?
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    The following indirect costs were incurred in a factory in a period:

    Rental of premises
    $80,000
    Utilities
    $25,000

    There are two cost centres, A and B, in the factory which between them occupy the 20,000 square metres (sq m) of floor space (cost centre A, 8,000 sq m; cost centre B, 12,000 sq m).
    What is the total indirect cost apportioned to cost centre B in the period if floor space is used as the basis of apportionment?
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________Production labour costs incurred during a period included the following items:

    $
    Salary of factory manager
    2,400
    Training of direct workers
    1,660
    Normal idle time
    840
    Overtime premiums of direct workers
    2,760
    Overtime hours of direct workers at basic rate
    9,200
    What total amount would usually be charged to production overhead for the above items?___________________________________________________________________________________________

    25,000 units of a company’s single product are produced in a period during which 28,000 units are sold. Opening inventory was 7,000 units. Unit costs of the product are:

    $ per unit
    Direct costs
    16.20
    Fixed production overhead
    7.60
    Fixed non-production overhead
    2.90

    If any one helped their help will be appreciated

    November 11, 2014 at 8:54 am #209004
    John Moffat
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    First question:

    Only Job 1 will still be in progress at the end of the period.

    The value of the work in progress will be the total amount spent, which is 5269 + 10726 + 4360 + a proportion of the overheads.

    Since the overheads are to be absorbed on the basis of the labour cost, the amount to be charged to job 1 will be (4360/(4360 + 2940)) x 9855

    November 11, 2014 at 9:00 am #209006
    John Moffat
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    Second question:

    Have you watched the free lectures on allocation and apportionment of overheads? It would seem not, because this is a very easy question. I do suggest you watch the lecture!!

    Since B is 12,000 sq m out of a total of 20,000, you apportion 12,000/20,000 of the costs to centre B.

    November 11, 2014 at 9:02 am #209008
    John Moffat
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    Third question:

    Charged to overheads will be the indirect costs, which are the salary of the factory manager; the training; the idle time, and the overtime premiums.

    November 11, 2014 at 9:04 am #209009
    John Moffat
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    Fourth question:

    There is no question, so I cannot help you 🙂

    (Please do NOT in future head up a post as ‘help urgent’. We answer questions within 24 hours – saying urgent will make no difference at all. Head up your post with the nature of the topic, and start a new thread for different topics. Thanks 🙂 )

    November 11, 2014 at 8:11 pm #209196
    Iqra
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    Where can i find the lecture on cost allocation and apportionment
    Can you please supply me with the link

    November 12, 2014 at 12:38 pm #209330
    John Moffat
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    Go to the main F2 page:
    https://opentuition.com/acca/f2/

    There you will find links to the F2 lectures, and to the Course Notes which we use with the lectures (and that you should therefore download).

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