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Variance

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA MA – FIA FMA › Variance

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 7 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 13, 2017 at 4:23 pm #386091
    khooshboo
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    Hello sir, Ive worked some questions on this chapter, but this one im having some problem understanding the concept..please could you explain it

    Q.A product has a standard selling price of $80 per unit and a std contribution of $18 per unit. In the last period the sales volume contribution variance was $3600 adverse. The management accountant calculates that if the company had used std absorption costing the sales volume profit variance would have been $2000 adverse. What is the std absorption cost per unit?

    May 13, 2017 at 9:45 pm #386136
    John Moffat
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    The sales must have been 200 units less than budgeted (3,600/18).

    Therefore the standard profit per unit must be 2,000 / 200 = $10 per unit.

    Therefore the standard absorption cost per unit must be 80 – 10 = $70.

    Have you watched my free lectures? The lectures are a complete free course for Paper F2 and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.

    May 14, 2017 at 11:01 am #386184
    khooshboo
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    Infact i had watched lectures on this chapter before from various sources.. I ended up mixing things
    But the way you explained it made it simpler and ive understood it now!!
    Thanks sir 🙂

    May 15, 2017 at 7:11 am #386205
    John Moffat
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    You are very welcome 🙂

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