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  • This topic has 5 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 5 years ago by AvatarJohn Moffat.
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  • November 7, 2020 at 11:19 am #594353
    AvatarNikitagarwal
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    Hello Sir,
    It will be great if you can help me with the below question:
    he management accounts for income read as follows: 
     $m 
    Revenue 3,500 
    Cost of sales 1,800 
    Local administration 250 
    IT costs 50 
    Distribution 80 
    Central administration 30 
    Interest charges 90 
    Net profit 1,200 
    Ignore taxation. 
    Cal – RI
    My question – while calculating controllable profit why do we need to add IT Costs ? Isnt it a necessary cost that may had been incurred ..

    November 7, 2020 at 2:02 pm #594364
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    Presumably IT costs are being recharged from a separate IT department which is not controlled by the division.

    November 7, 2020 at 4:59 pm #594377
    AvatarNikitagarwal
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    Sir, isnt it too blur means we just assume this , what if the division is only IT related .. because question doesnt specify anything .

    November 8, 2020 at 10:06 am #594408
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    I would expect normally that the question would make it clear.

    However the fact that it is show separately from local administration costs suggests that it is not a local cost controlled by the division.

    November 8, 2020 at 10:29 am #594422
    AvatarNikitagarwal
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    Yeah that makes sense..
    Thank you so much for clarifying!

    November 8, 2020 at 2:34 pm #594445
    AvatarJohn Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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