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Revision notes- life-cycle/target costing

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  • This topic has 7 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • November 4, 2014 at 8:42 pm #207730
    Avatarnageena
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    I am going through the revision notes but i am confused on the question for lifecyle costing/target costing part (a). Don’t understand how the 1.50 is calculated

    November 5, 2014 at 12:45 pm #207806
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    The target is a 50% mark-up (on cost). So if cost is 100 then profit is 50 and therefore the selling price is 150. To put it the other way round, for every 150 selling price, the cost must be 100.

    (Have you watched the main lectures, because I go through an example with exactly the same problem in the lecture on life-cycle costing!)

    November 5, 2014 at 5:40 pm #207861
    Avatarnageena
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    Thank you that clears it

    November 6, 2014 at 5:19 pm #208052
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    Great 🙂

    November 11, 2014 at 7:19 pm #209188
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    can you please help me how the following anwser comes about

    what is the target cost gap for product x when given the follwoing information

    product x target selling price is $10

    target profit is 25% on cost

    current cost is £8.40 per unit

    November 12, 2014 at 12:29 pm #209325
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    The target cost is 100/125 x 10 = $8

    So the cost gap is 8.40 – 8 = $0.40

    November 12, 2014 at 12:47 pm #209337
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    thanks for getting back to me

    November 12, 2014 at 1:02 pm #209347
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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