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Solution 1
Solution:
Cost Sheet
Problem 3: From the following information, prepare a cost sheet for period ended on 31st March 2019.
Solution:
Problem 4:
Solution:
Cost Sheet
3. The number of units required to earn a target profit of Rs. 60,000 for the year.
= 50-20
= 30
= 42000/30
= 1400
= 1400* 50
= 70000
Number of units required to earn targeted profit = (Fixed Expenses + target profit) /Contribution
= (42000+60000)/30
= 3400
Problem 2:
ABC Ltd. manufactures and sells compact discs. Price and cost data are as follows:
3. How many units would ABC have to sell in order to earn Rs.260,000?
5. Management estimates that the direct labour costs will increase by 8% next year. How many units
will the company have to sell next year to reach its break- even point?
= 468000/ (25-19.8)
= 90,000 units
= 90,000*25
= Rs. 2250000
3. Number of units required to earn targeted profit = (Fixed Expenses + target profit) /Contribution
= (468000+260000)/5.2
= 140,000 units
= 120,000-90,000
= 30,000 units
= 3000000-2250000
= 750000
5. If direct labour increases by 8%, it will become Rs. 5.4 (5+ (8% of Rs. 5)).
= 4.8
Therefore no. of units needed to sell to attain BEP = (Fixed Cost + BEP Sales)/ Contribution
= (468000+2250000)/4.8
= 566250 units
= 20.8%
= (4.8/25) *100
= 19.2%
Topic: Activity Based Costing
Problem 1: MK Ltd. manufactures four products, namely A, B, C and D using the same plant and process. The
following information relates to a production period:
Product A B C D
Output in units 720 600 480 504
The four products are similar and are usually produced in production runs of 24 units and sold in batches of 12
units. The total overheads incurred by the company for the period are as follows:
Rs.
Machine operation and maintenance cost 63000
Setup costs 20000
Store receiving 15000
Inspection 10000
Material handling and dispatch 2592
During the period the following cost drivers are to be used for the overhead cost:
• Machine operation and maintenance cost should be apportioned between setup cost, store receiving and
inspection activity in the ratio 4:3:2.
• Number of requisitions raised on store is 50 for each product and the no. of orders executed is 192, each order
being for a batch of 12 units of a product.
Calculate the total overhead cost per unit of each product using activity-based costing after finding activity wise
overheads allocated to each product.
Solution:
Activity cost
Activity Pool Activity Cost Driver Quantity ABC Rate
No. of production
Setup Receiving 48000 runs 96 500
50*4 =
Store receiving 36000 Requisition raised 200 180
No. of production
Inspection 24000 runs 96 250
Material handling and dispatch 2592 Orders executed 192 13.5
Note:
Machine Operation and Maintenance Cost of Rs. 63,000 is apportioned to the first three activities in the ratio
4:3:2, i.e. Rs. 28,000, Rs. 21,000 and Rs. 14,000
Product A B C D
Output 720 600 480 504
Quantity per production runs 24 24 24 24
No. of Production Runs 30 25 20 21
Quantity per batch order 12 12 12 12
No. of Batches 60 50 40 42
Product A B C D
500*20 = 500*21=
Set Ups 500*30= 15000 500*25 = 12500 10000 10500
180*50= 180*50=
Stores Receiving 180*50= 9000 180*50= 9000 9000 9000
250*20= 250*21=
Inspection 250*30 = 7500 250*25= 6250 5000 5250
13.5*42=
Material handling 13.5*60= 810 13.5*50= 675 13.5*40=540 567
Total Overhead Cost 32310 28425 24540 25317
Quantity 720 600 480 504
50.2321428
Per unit overhead Cost 44.875 47.375 51.125 6
Problem 2: A company manufactures several products of varying design and models. It uses a single overhead
recovery rate based on direct labour hours. The overheads incurred by the Company in the first half of the year
are as under:
• Quality inspection
• The machine operation and machine maintenance expenses should be apportioned between store and
production activity in 1:4 ratio.
• The technical staff salaries should be apportioned between machine maintenance, set up and quality
inspection in 3:4:4 ratio.
The consumption of activates during the period under review are as under:
The data relating to two products manufactured by the company during the period are as under:
Product Product
P Q
Direct materials 12000 8000
Direct labour 960 100
Direct Material Consignment received 48 52
Production runs 36 24
No. of quality inspection done 30 10
Quantity produced 15000 5000
A potential customer has approached the company for the supply of 24,000 units of a component ‘R’ to be
delivered in lots of 3000 units per quarter. The job will involve an initial design cost of Rs. 60,000 and the
manufacture will involve the following per quarter.
1. Calculate the cost of products P and Q based on the existing system of single overheads Recovery rate.
2. Determine the most of products P & Q using Activity Based Costing system.
3. Compute the sales values per quarter of components ‘R’ using Activity Based Costing system (considering a
mark-up of 25% on cost)
Solution:
2. Workings:
Apportionment of Overheads
1 4
(Rs 20,25,000 × ( Rs. 20,25,500 × )
Machine 4,05,000 16,20,000 - 20,25,000
) 5
Operation
Expenses (1:4) 5
1 4
(Rs. 7,57,500 ×5) (Rs. 7,57,500 × 5)
Maintenance 1,51,500 6,06,000 - 7,57,000
(1:4)
4
(Rs. 12,75,000 × )
Salary of Technical 5,10,000 3,82,500 8,92,500
10
Staff ₋ (Rs. 12,75,000 ×
3 )
10
Wages & Salary of 5,25,000 - - 5,25,000
Stores Staff
Total 10,81,500 27,36,000 3,82,500 42,00,000
To identify the cost drivers for each activity and establish cost driver rates by dividing the activity costs
by a measure of cost driver usage for the period.
Thus, costs are assigned to components based on their cost driver usage. The assignments are as
follows:
Statement of determination of the Cost of product P & Q
Calculation of Sales Value per quarter for Component ‘R’ (using ABC)
Problem 3: Linux Limited manufactures three products P, Q and R which are similar in nature and are usually
produced in production runs of 100 units. Product P and R requires both machine hours and assembly hours,
whereas product Q requires only machine hours. The overheads incurred by the company during the first
quarter are as under:
Rs.
P Q R
(In numbers)
Prepare a statement showing details of overheads costs allocated to each products type using activity-
based costing.
Solution:
Problem 4: Fruitolay has decided to increase the size of the store. It wants the information about the
probability of the individual product lines:
Lemon, grapes and papaya. It provides the following data for the 2009 for each product line:
Fruitolay also provides the following information for the year 2009:
Rs. basis
2.If Fruitolay allocates store support costs (all costs other than the cost of goods sold) to the product lines on the
basis of ABC system, calculate the operating income and operating income as the percentage of revenue of each
product line.
Solution:
Operating Income
Summary/Comparison
The grapes line drops sizably when ABC is used. Although it constitutes 50% COGS, it uses a higher percentage of
total resources in each activity area, especially the high cost of customer support area. In contrast, lemon line
draws a much lower percentage of total resources used in each activity area than its percentages of total COGS.
Hence under ABC, Lemon is most profitable. Fruitolay can explore ways to increase sales of lemons and also
explore price increases on grapes.
Operating Income Ranking is highest for Grapes under Traditional system because other products bear its
overheads cost, whereas under ABC a more accurate picture shows Grapes as the lowest ranking product.
Material Rs. 10
Labour Rs. 03
Overheads Rs. 5 (60% fixed)
The selling price is Rs.20 per bucket. If it is desired to work the factory at 50% capacity the selling price falls by
3%. At 90% capacity the selling price falls by 5% accompanied by a similar fall in the price of material.
You are required to prepare a statement the profit at 50% and 90% capacities and also calculate the break‐ even
points at this capacity production.
Solution:
Flexible Budget
Particulars Capacity
Month Sales Purchases (Rs.) Wages Mfg. Exp. Office Exp. Selling
(Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) Exp. (Rs.)
Additional Information:
2.50% of credit sales are realized in the month following the sale and the remaining 50% in the second month
following. Creditors are paid in the month following the month of purchase.
Solution:
Cash Budget
Particulars August (Rs.) September (Rs.) October (Rs.)
Receipts:
Payments:
Working Notes:
Manufacturing Expense:
Particular August September October
Variable costs:
Power 1,440
Miscellaneous 540
The company decides to have a flexible budget with a production target of 3,200 and 4,800 units
(the actual quantity proposed to be produced being left to a later date before commencement of the
budget period)
Prepare a flexible budget for production levels of 50% and 75%. Assuming, selling price per unit is
maintained at Rs. 40 as at present, indicate the effect on net profit.
Solution:
Flexible Budget
Problem 4: Prepare a flexible budget for overheads on the basis of the following data. Ascertain the
overhead rates at 60% and 70% capacity.
Material 6,000
Labor 18,000
Semi‐variable overheads:
Electricity: 30,000
40% Fixed
60% variable
Repairs:
Fixed overheads:
Depreciation 16,500
Insurance 4,500
Salaries 15,000
Solution:
Flexible Budget
Items Capacity
60% 70%
Semi‐variable
Fixed overheads: