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Marginal and Absorption Costing

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  • May 11, 2022 at 3:33 pm #655414
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    Hello everyone, myself i find absorption and marginal questions tricky. what is the best approach to these 2topics. i have done Sir Johns videos very helpful, but when it comes to answering questions they are tricky

    May 11, 2022 at 4:22 pm #655417
    shuaib3332
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    when they ask u to find the profit of marginal and you are given absorption profit or the other way round i use this formular

    F.OAR = marginal profit – absorption profit / opening stock – closing stock

    sometimes they give u production and sales instead of opening stock and closing stock

    just replace with them

    F.OAR = marginal profit – absorption profit / sales – production

    When they ask u for profit difference, you can calculate both profits and find the difference or
    you can just

    profit difference = change in inventory multiply by F.OAR

    This is what i use i dont know if it will be helpful for you.

    Also note ; increase in stock level, profit from absorption increases
    decrease in stock level, profit from marginal increases

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