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question for AC – under absortion ohs

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  • January 2, 2015 at 6:42 am #221888
    Molly Sum
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    Pls help another questions & based my working why under absorbed $6000 is added :

    Question
    Direct materials $4 per unit
    Direct labour $15 per unit
    Selling price $50

    Fixed production ohs are budgeted to be $30,000 per month and are absorbed on an activity level of 10,000 units per month.

    For the month in question , sales are expected to be 10,000 units although production units will be 12,000 units.

    Fixed selling costs of $15,000 per mth will need to be included in the budget as will the variable selling costs of $2 per unit.

    There are no opn stks.

    What would the profit for using AC ? and MC ?

    Below is my working

    I can get the answer of mc 245,000 for profit but in order to get the answer of AC the profit is 251,000 I have added the under absorbed $6000.

    can you please explain since is under why is added $6000? or my working is not correct? see the following working :

    To find OAR : $30000 / 10000 units = $3
    To find MC cost per unit : 4+15 = $19
    To find AC cost per unit : 4+15+oar $3 = $22

    Calculate over / under absorbed : actual prod. 12,000 units – budgeted prod. 10,000 units = 2000 units x $3 = $6000 under absorbed

    AC:
    Sales ( $50×10000 units ) = $500,000
    Add : prod costs 12,000 x $22 = 264,000
    Less : clg inventory 12,000-10,000 = 2000 x $22 = $44,000
    Add : under absorbed = $6000
    Less : fixed selling cost = $15,000
    Less : variable selling costs 10000 x $2=20,000

    Net profit 251,000

    January 2, 2015 at 9:12 am #221897
    John Moffat
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    I asked you before whether or not you had watched the lectures. You have not replied!!

    Your calculation of $6,000 is correct. However they have over-absorbed $6000 (because they will have charged 12,000 units at $3 each = $36,000 when the actual total should only be $30,000).

    If they have charged too much then the profit will be too low. So to correct it we add the over absorption of 6000 to the profit.

    January 3, 2015 at 4:06 pm #221925
    Molly Sum
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    In your lectures reminder , we will take an estimated units which 12000 units for actual rather than take budgeted production 10,000 unit ?
    Therefore, $6000 is over absorbed ?

    January 4, 2015 at 9:09 am #221949
    John Moffat
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    That is correct 🙂

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