Hilary runs a manufacturing business and has supplied the information below.
Inventory on 1 August 2022
Raw materials inventory $9100
Work in progress inventory $21357
Finished goods inventory $24235
For the year ended 31 July 2023
Revenue $457250
Raw material purchases $110000
Raw material purchase returns $2200
Finished goods purchases $23500
Finished goods purchase returns $4700
Factory operatives’ wages $91665
Factory supervisor’s wages $29000
Office supervisor’s wages $28000
Heat, light and power $11600
Rates and insurance $8250
Factory repairs and renewals $5125
Factory equipment - at cost $124000
Factory equipment - provision for depreciation $35500
Additional information
1 Inventory on 31 July 2023
Raw materials $9980
Work in progress $22446
Finished goods $25110
2 Heat, light and power is to be apportioned 4/5 to the factory and 1/5 to the office.
3 Rates and insurance is to be apportioned 3/5 to the factory and 2/5 to the office. Insurance of $4440 has been paid for the year to 31 December 2023.
4 At 31 July 2023, a factory repair of $644 was unpaid and no adjustment had been made.
5 Factory equipment is depreciated at 25% per annum using the reducing balance method.
(a)[11]
Prepare Hilary’s manufacturing account covering the year ended 31 July 2023.
(b)[4]
Calculate Hilary’s gross profit for the year ending 31 July 2023.
(c)[5]
Advise Hilary on whether she ought to sell only the output from her own factory and raise production. Support your answer with arguments both for and against selling only output from her own factory and raising the amount produced.
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