Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Activity based costing (ABC)

Activity based costing (ABC) — practice question

B Limited produces two products: Alpha and Omega.
(a(i))[3]

Calculate the total production cost for each product.

(a(ii))[1]

For each product, calculate the production cost per unit.

(b)[2]

Calculate the selling price per unit of each product.

(c)[2]

State two disadvantages of adopting activity based costing for a business.

(d)[4]

Using activity based costing, calculate the total production overhead that is to be allocated to each product.

(e)[3]

Recalculate the cost per unit and selling price of each product while keeping the 50% mark-up.

(f)[6]

Explain three reasons why B Limited should switch from its current overhead allocation method to activity based costing.

(g(i))[2]

Calculate the new total profit for each product if this change is introduced.

(g(ii))[2]

Give two reasons why B Limited ought to adopt this change.

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