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usling principles. 15 Absorptio 7.15 Part 1, June 2004)(40 minutes] loss would be the same n vs. marginal costing. IFrom ACCA Financial Information for Management Absorption vs. marginat e Ltd is a small company manufacturing and selling two different products -the Lang and the Dale. Each product passes through two separate production cost centres- Lang an Lang anining department, where all the work is carried out on the same general purpose inery, and a finishing section. There is a general service cost centre providing facili- for all employees in the factory. The company operates an absorption costing system ties for aand have been extracted from the hection has artm extracted from the budget for the coming year: using budg machine ou budgeted overhead absorption rates. The management accountant has calculated the ine hour absorption rate for the machining department as £3.10 but a direct labour r absorption rate for the finishing section has yet to be calculated. The following data Product Sales (units) 0 6000 7 200 Production (units) 10400 Direct material cost per unit Direct labour cost per unit: - machining department (E8 per hour) - finishing section (£6 per hour) Machining department - machine hours per unit E42 Fixed production overhead costs: - machining department - finishing section - general service cost centre £183 120 E241 320 £82800 Number of employees: - machining department 14 - finishing section - general service cost centre Service cost centre costs are reapportioned to production cost centres.

Explanation / Answer

1. CALCULATION OF ABSORPTION RATE FOR FINISHING SECTION: (AMOUNT IN FOUNDS)

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PARTICUALRS                                                      MACHINING         FINISHING            GENERAL SERVICEPRIMARY DISTRIBUTION                                           183,120             241M320                     82800    

ALLOCATION OF GENERAL SERVICE

IN THE RATIO OF (14:32:4)                                           23,184                 52,992                       6,624

APPORTIONMENT OF GENERAL SERVICE

TO MACHING & FINISHING IN 14:32 RATIO                 2,016                   4608                        (6,624)

TOTAL FIXED OVERHEAD                                         208,320              298,920                            --

DIRECT LABOUR HOURS FOR FINISHING DEPT

LABOUR HOURS FOR LONG (7200X6)=43,200

LABOUR HOUS FOR DATE(10400X6) = 62,400      -                           105,600 HOURS                             

ABSORPTION RATE FOR FINISHING

SECTION (298,920/105,600)                                     --                                   2.83                                          

2. BUDGETED TOTAL COST PER UNIT FOR THE PRODUCITON OF DATE : (PER UNIT COLUMN IN POUNDS)

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    PARTICULARS                                                                         PER UNIT            

    DIRECT MATERIAL                                                                     44.00

    DIRECT LABOUR : MACHINING 40.00

                                    FINISHING     36.00                                    76.00

    PRIME COST                                                                             120.00

    FIXED PRODUCTION OVERHEAD :

    MACHINING : 208,320 X 31200/67200=96720/10400                  9.30

    FINISHING : 298,920 X 62400/112800=165,360/10400              15.90

    TOTAL BUDGETED COST PER UNIT                                       145.20

3. When company changeover to Marginal costing system from Absorption costing system, total profit under Marginal costing system is less than total profit under absorption costing system because in Absorption costing system closing stock is overvalued due to inclusion of fixed overhead where as in marginal costing system, fixed overhead doesn't include in calculation of closing stock ie. Long 1200 units and Date 1400 units, hence closing stock is undervalued in marginal costing system, hence, total profit is low.