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Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA MA – FIA FMA › inventory

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  • December 11, 2021 at 11:20 am #643880
    Jack.1999
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    Closing inventory is the finished goods that are ready to be sold to the customers which are actually part of the cost of goods sold.

    Closing inventory is the production cost of units which is calculated like this:
    Raw material————-500
    Work-in-Progress——-500
    Finished goods———-900

    The amount of finished goods will then go to the cost of goods sold as closing inventory.

    Cost of goods sold is calculated like this:
    Opening inventory 1000
    Purchases 1200
    Total Production costs 2200
    Closing inventory (900)
    Cost of goods sold 1300

    All the material cost, labour cost, variable overheads and fixed overheads are part of the cost of goods sold and included before deducting closing inventory.
    (but all these costs would be included in purchases?)

    December 11, 2021 at 11:51 am #643903
    John Moffat
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    The raw material inventory is subtracted from the purchases (which will be of raw materials).
    Other production costs (labour and overheads) would then be added to the purchases to get the total production costs. WIP will be subtracted from the total production costs, as will the finished goods inventory.

    Appreciate however that you can never be asked to prepare a profit statement such as this in the Paper MA exam.

    December 11, 2021 at 1:14 pm #643943
    Jack.1999
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    Inventory costs involved several costs which are calculated like this:
    Raw material———————————950
    Work-in-Progress—————————400
    Finished goods——————————900

    Raw material involves several costs such as:
    material cost———————————350
    labour cost————————————200
    Overheads————————————400
    Total Production costs———————950

    Raw material cost involves the costs of material cost, labour cost and overheads (correct?)

    Cost of goods sold is calculated like this:
    Opening inventory—————————————————————1000

    Purchases:—————————————————1200
    – less: material cost—————————————(350)
    – less: labour cost——————————————(200)
    – less: overheads——————————————(400)

    Total Production costs———————————————————1950
    less: Work-in-Progress———————————————————(400)
    less: Finished goods————————————————————(900)
    Cost of goods sold—————————————————————650

    We are taking finished goods as closing inventory which should be less from total production costs but WIP is less because goods are not fully ready yet.

    Is it all right now?

    December 11, 2021 at 3:42 pm #643955
    John Moffat
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    Yes, that is correct. However I don’t really know why you are doing this because as I wrote before you cannot be asked to prepare a full statement like this in the exam and so all that matter is the final figure.

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