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mixed bank question on absorption costing

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  • November 9, 2014 at 10:47 am #208548
    saifudeen
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    a company with a single product sells more units than it manufactured in a period .
    which of the following correctly describes the use of marginal costing in comparison with absorption costing in the above situation ?

    1.both profit and inventory value will be higher
    2.bothe profit and inventory value will be lower
    3.profit wil be higher and inventory value will be lower
    4.profit will be lower and inventory value will be higher

    Sir whats the correct answer with the reason pls .

    my next doubt is that when using absorption costing wether we will include or exclude the value of closing inventory ? other than fixed cost difference any other difference is there between absorption costing and marginal costing ?

    Thank you sir !!!

    November 9, 2014 at 1:59 pm #208606
    John Moffat
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    Have you watched the free lectures on absorption and marginal costing? (because all your questions are answered there).

    The only difference between absorption and marginal costing profits is due to the valuation of inventory – absorption includes fixed overheads in the inventory value, marginal costing does not.

    So, using marginal costing gives a lower value for inventory than using absorption costing.

    Since they are selling more than they produce, the inventory is falling. Therefore marginal costing will give the higher profit.

    November 10, 2014 at 7:25 am #208731
    saifudeen
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    sir, i studied absorption and marginal costing only from opentution lectures !!! 🙂 . when i started doing mixed bank i got some doubts .
    thank you sir i got the answer .

    sir one doubt that they are saying the sold more than they produced that means they made use of the opening inventory ryt ?? am i correct sir ?? so here op inventory is greater than closing inventorry so marginal costing gives higher profit than absorption costing . my method of thinking is correct sir ??

    THANK YOU !!!

    November 10, 2014 at 10:04 am #208766
    John Moffat
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    Your thinking is correct 🙂

    November 10, 2014 at 11:15 am #208778
    saifudeen
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    🙂

    November 10, 2014 at 1:03 pm #208802
    John Moffat
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    🙂

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