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Marginal & absorption costing

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  • This topic has 4 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • November 23, 2014 at 12:24 pm #212394
    AvatarHiral
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    Hello sir,
    I’m having a difficulty in answering these two questions.

    Question 1:
    A company manufactures a single product which is sold for $70.00 per unit. Unit costs are:

    $ / Unit
    Variable production 29.50
    Fixed production 21.00
    Variable selling 4.80
    Fixed selling 9.00

    20,000 units of the product were manufactured in a period during which 19,700 units were sold.
    Using marginal costing, what was the total contribution made in the period?

    Question 2:
    A company manufactures a single product. Unit costs of the product are:

    $ per unit
    Variable production 14.75
    Fixed production 8.10
    Variable selling 2.40
    Fixed selling 5.35

    400,000 units of the product were manufactured in a period, during which 394,000 units were sold. There was no inventory of the product at the beginning of the period.
    Using marginal costing, what is the total value of the finished goods inventory at the end of the period?

    Looking forward to the reply. Thank you for the help.

    November 23, 2014 at 1:48 pm #212410
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    Question 1:

    The contribution per unit os 70 – 29.50 – 4.80 = 35.70
    19,700 units are sold.
    So the total contribution is 19,700 x $35.70 = $703,290

    November 23, 2014 at 1:49 pm #212411
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    Question 2:

    The marginal cost per unit is 14.75 (only production costs are included in inventory values)

    If the produced 400,000 and sold 394,000 then there are 6,000 left in inventory.

    So the total value of the inventory is 6,000 x $14.75 = $88,500

    November 23, 2014 at 3:14 pm #212445
    AvatarHiral
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    Thank you so much for the help! 🙂

    November 23, 2014 at 8:11 pm #212488
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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