FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781259964947
Author: Libby
Publisher: MCG
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A company produces and sells a single product, the standard unit cost details of which are as follows:

Direct material: 2 kilos at N$4.5 per kilo

Direct labour: 3 hours at N$5 per hour

Variable overhead: 3 hours at N$3 per hour

The total overhead is budgeted at N$90 000 per month and is absorbed on a rate per unit basis.

The budgeted output per month is 15 000 units

The product has a standard selling price of N$50 per unit

The following activity took place during January and February

  January February
sales 14 000 units 16 000 units
production 16 000 units 14 500 units

There is an opening stock on 1 January of 3000 units

Required:

(a) Calculate the standard cost and profit for one unit of output

(b) Prepare profit statements for each month using

(i) Marginal costing

(ii) Absorption costing

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