Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Traditional costing methods

Traditional costing methods — practice question

Zinan manufactures one product only and currently applies marginal costing. The budgeted figures below cover two years.
(a)[2]

Calculate the budgeted variable cost per unit of production.

(b)[6]

Calculate the total budgeted contribution for each of the two years.

(c)[2]

Calculate the budgeted cost per unit of production for each year.

(d)[2]

State two drawbacks of absorption costing.

(e)[7]

Calculate the total budgeted profit for both years using absorption costing.

(f)[3]

Explain why profit worked out using absorption costing would differ from profit worked out using marginal costing.

(g)[3]

Prepare a statement to calculate the effect on profit for Year 1 if the proposal is accepted.

(h)[5]

Advise Zinan on whether he should proceed with the marketing campaign or not. Justify your response using both financial and non-financial factors.

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