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Relevant costing

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  • February 4, 2018 at 5:09 pm #435074
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    There’s an example in open tuition notes regarding relevant costing
    EXAMPLE#2
    The managing director of Parser Ltd, a small business, is considering undertaking a one-of contract
    and has asked her inexperienced accountant to advise on what costs are likely to be incurred so
    that she can price at a proft. The following schedule has been prepared:
    Costs for special order:
    Notes $
    Direct wages 28,500
    Supervisor costs 11,500
    General overheads 3 4,000
    Machine depreciation 2,300
    Machine overheads 18,000
    Materials 34,000

    Machine overheads (for running costs such as electricity) are charged at $3 per hour. It is
    estimated that 6000 hours will be needed for the special order. The machine has 4000 hours available capacity. The further 2000 hours required will mean an existing job is taken of the machine resulting in a lost contribution of $2 per hour

    Wouldn’t we solve it like this?
    Total hours needed 6000 hours
    Spare capacity 4000 hours
    The relevant cost should be zero of 4000 hours as its at spare capacity
    similarly the relevant cost of 2000 hours would be (lost contribution from existing job $2+normal rate of pay $3) so relevant cost would become 2000*5=$10000

    But instead there’s a different approach adopted

    Kindly help thanks

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