Accounting Marginal and absorption costing General: Product cost = Unit cost Page | 1 Production cost CGS Inventory Marginal Cost 1. Unit cost Direct material Direct Labour Direct expenses Variable production overheads 2. CGS = Units sold X unit cost 3. Inventory = units X unit cost (Production units - Sales units) 4. Contribution per unit = Selling price per unit – unit cost – variable non production cost Absorption costing 1. Unit cost Unit cost as per marginal costing
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1. Explain fully how auto manufacturers should choose among substitutable inputs and production processes. Discuss in detail and apply the related concepts According to the textbook, the production process is the process used by an organizations to produce a good. It begins with the production function, which is a descriptive relation that links inputs with output. It (production function) specifies the maximum feasible output that can be produced for given amounts of inputs. Production functions
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING COSTING AND BUDGETING. HND IN BUSSINESS MANGMENT Indivdual Assigment [Ilzam Ilyas/BM43/09] Executive Summery This report describes Managing accounting costing and budgeting to an organization of both current and future business. Effective information and knowledge can be gained by an organization if they have a clear understanding about their costing and budgeting flow. There are
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Marginal Costing Student’s Name: Marginal Costing Course code and name Instructor’s name Learning Institution City, State Date of submission Marginal Costing PRINCIPLES Economists incline to think about costs in terms of static, timeless models with continuous cost functions. The real context is, however, one of businesses and systems which already exist and have accrued a collection of assets of various vintages whose accounting cost replicates past prices, past situations and
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Direct and indirect Costs The term direct costs mean the costs involved directly in the making of the product or the service. The obvious costs you might include are the raw materials and direct labour. For example if you estimate there is in total £7 of direct materials, and you pay the labour £10 an hour and they finish in half an hour, your direct labour would be £5. So to produce this item in total it will be £5 plus £7 which the total direct cost will be £12. However there would be many more
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LO2 Understand business in terms of the elements of cost Elements of cost sales; materials; consumables; labour; overheads; capital; gross and net profits; discount costing Selling prices: product and service costing; formula to achieve a specific gross profit percentage; differential gross/net profit margins; marginal costing; effect of competition; freelance; commission; peak/off-peak trading Control of stock and cash: methods eg storage, purchasing, cash, security, reconciliation, stock-taking
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MBA 507: Managerial Finance Lecture 7 Cost-‐Volume-‐Profit Analysis & Managerial Decision Making Mario Fonseka FCMA(UK), CGMA (US), Dip. M (UK), FCMA(SL), MBA (USJ), CerGfied Psychometrician (BPS) Saturday, September 20, 14 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Saturday, September 20, 14 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis CVP Analysis is based on the relationship between sales revenue, costs and profit in the short run, in which
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Variance is the measure of change in profit or contribution as a result of the difference between actual and budgeted sales quantity. 1. Formula Sales Volume Variance (where absorption costing is used): = (Actual Unit Sold - Budgeted Unit Sales) x Standard Profit Per Unit Sales Volume Variance (where marginal costing is used): = (Actual Unit Sold - Budgeted Unit Sales) x Standard Contribution Per Unit 2. Explanation Sales Volume Variance quantifies the effect of a change in the level of
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component to them. We derive implications for cost system choice and transfer pricing, including showing that firms may cross subsidize their products-a result consistent with the empirical evidence. (TransferPricing; Full Cost Allocation;Incentives;Costing) 1. Introduction Our objective
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12 Marginal Costing Basic Concepts Marginal Cost This is the variable cost of one unit of product or a service. Marginal Costing It is a principle whereby variable cost are charged to cost units and fixed cost attributable to the relevant period is written off in full against contribution for that period. Absorption Costing A method of costing by which all direct cost and applicable overheads are charged to products or cost centres for finding out the total cost of production
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