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MTQ 2 ACCA F2 TEST PREP QUESTION Q3

DDick11y ago
Could you provide me with the solution to these questions please how we get the figures? Prancer Co uses standard costing to control its costs and revenues. A standard cost card for its only product is given below together with a standard cost operating statement for last month. Standard cost card $ per unit Selling price 150 Direct materials 2 kg @ $25/kg 50 Direct labour 3 hours @ $10 per hour 30 Fixed overhead 2 hours at $10 per hour 20 Profit 50 Standard cost operating statement $ $ Budgeted profit 600,000 Sales volume variance 60,000 adv Standard profit on actual sales 540,000 Sales price variance 20,000 fav 560,000 Production cost variances Adverse Favourable $ $ Material price 7,500 Material usage 8,000 Labour rate 2,000 Labour efficiency 500 Fixed overhead expenditure 7,000 Fixed overhead volume 2,000 19,000 8,000 11,000 adv Actual profit 549,000 Select the appropriate words, phrases or numbers to correctly complete the commentary on the last month's results. Prancer Co uses sandard costing. In the last month actual selling price was standard. Actual units sold were budgeted and actual sales revenue was $ Production was than budgeted. Materials caused the biggest cost variances, where a decision to pay standard price resulted in the company using budget.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#1
I am sorry, but I cannot type out a complete answer here. Presumably the book in which you found this question also contains an answer, so please say which part is causing you a problem and I will try and help.
DDick11y ago#2
Sorry the bit i am confused with is the actual sold ( i know the answer is 1,200 less) and actual sales revenue (i know the answer is 1,640,000)
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#3
Since the sales volume variance is 60,000 adverse and the standard profit is $50 per unit, the actual number sold must be less than budget by 60,000 / 50 = 1,200. Since the budget profit is $600,000, the budget sales must have been 600,000 / 50 = 12,000. So the actual sales were 12,000 - 1,200 = 10,800 units. The standard revenue is 10,800 x $150 = 1,620,000. The sales price variance is 20,000 favourable, so the actual revenue must be 1,620,000 + 20,000 = 1,640,000
DDick11y ago#4
Last question : the same figure as before but can you advise how the answer in brackets come about: Production was than budgeted (100 Units less)Materials caused the biggest cost variances, where a decision to pay less than standard price resulted in the company using (320Kg less than )budget.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#5
The fixed overhead volume variance is 2,000. The standard fixed overhead per unit is $20. So the production must be lower than budget by 2,000/20 = 100 units. The materials usage variance is 8,000, so the actual usage is 8000/25 = 320 kg less than standard usage for the actual production
RRyan11y ago#6
sir 8000/25=320 kg.how do we knw it is more than the flexed? is it bcoz 8000 is adverse? also will they ask us to find the actual units produced from the above figure?is it possible ?
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#7
Yes - because it as adverse. On the information given it is not possible to calculate the actual production
CCINDY9y ago#8
good morning sir. concerning the question above (prance company) are there any formulas I can use to find answers in calculating reversed variances, or I must only use concepts and common sense, please help.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor9y ago#9
They are the same formulae/rules that you must learn anyway for calculating variances in the first place (and that I go through in my free lectures).
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