Target Costing (Test-5)Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › Target Costing (Test-5)This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John Moffat.Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)AuthorPosts June 29, 2015 at 6:54 pm #259093 nelvinMemberTopics: 43Replies: 46☆☆Dear Sir,Can u pls explain how the Target Costing calculated ?What does this mean “mark-up is 20% of cost ???I checked the answers at the back of notes but still dont understand why TC calculated as 100/120×600 ???please explain.Thanks. June 30, 2015 at 10:43 am #259127 John MoffatKeymasterTopics: 57Replies: 54702☆☆☆☆☆For every 100 cost,the profit is 20 and therefore the selling price is 120.Or, writing it the other way round, for every 120 selling price the cost is 100.So if the selling price is 600 then the cost is 100/120 x 600 June 30, 2015 at 11:37 am #259142 nelvinMemberTopics: 43Replies: 46☆☆Thank you sir, I got it now. July 24, 2015 at 5:13 pm #261763 John MoffatKeymasterTopics: 57Replies: 54702☆☆☆☆☆You are welcome 🙂AuthorPostsViewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)You must be logged in to reply to this topic.Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In