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COST ACCOUNTING ASSIGNMENT

Question 1: Cost concepts & product costing

The following are costs incurred by a furniture manufacturer.

Required: Classify the following cost items by ticking (√) the relevant columns.     You may tick more than one column for each cost item.

Cost Item	Period	Product	Prime	Conversion
Wood used in manufacturing  a dining table
Cost of  utilities to produce the table
Commission paid to salespersons
Screws and glue of immaterial cost used in manufacture
Labour of craftsman who carve designs on table top
Salary of company chief executive officer

Question 2: Job Costing

On 14 February, a disgruntled employee, set alight the Jerry Company warehouse located beside the company's manufacturing facility. The fire spread and destroyed all of the inventory. The loss is fully covered and the insurance company requires an estimate of the inventory balances as at 14 February as a basis for negotiating a settlement.

The following information, for the period 1 January to 14 February, was extracted from records kept in another building.

	$
Total conversion costs  added	660,000
Depreciation of plant machinery	23,640
Direct  materials purchased	240,000
General administrative cost	68,900
Sales revenues	1, 037,500
Sales salaries and commission	40,675
Taxes on manufacturing facility	3,500
Total manufacturing costs added during the period	840,000

Jerry Company kept periodic inventory records. As at the beginning of January, the following are the inventory account balances:

Account	1 January	14 February
Direct materials	$25,000	?
Work-in-process	$70,000	?
Finished goods	$145,000	?

Additional information provided by the company's financial and cost accountants:

a. Gross profit (gross margin) as a percentage of sales revenues is 20% before adjustment for under or over allocated overheads.

b. Cost of goods manufactured is 400% of cost of direct material used.

c. Manufacturing overhead (MOH) allocated is 40% of total conversion costs added.

d. Actual MOH incurred for the period is $270,000.

Required:

1. Calculate the unadjusted gross profit for the period.

2. Calculate the cost of direct materials used;

3. Calculate the ending balance of direct materials inventory.

4. Calculate: a. cost of goods manufactured; and

b. ending balance of Work-in-Process inventory.

5. Calculate the ending balance of Finished goods inventory.

6. Calculate the total amount of manufacturing overhead over- or under-allocated (state clearly whether the amount is over- or under-allocated).

7. Briefly discuss one advantage and one disadvantage of using actual costing system.

Question 3: CVP

The Joondalup Bicycle Company (JBC) was set up in the previous financial year and manufactures bicycles. It is targeting the student market, hence the bicycle product Unibike features sturdy construction, plastic safety reflectors and special saddle bags for carrying backpack/ bag. The costs of production and selling each bicycle and other information for the last financial year are detailed below:

Beginning inventory (units)		0
Units produced		5,000
Units sold		4,000
Selling price per bicycle...............		$200
Variable costs per bicycle
Production costs...........................	$65
Sales commission ........................	5
Variable costs per bicycle		$70
Total fixed costs
Production costs.........................	450,000
Sales and administrative costs......	82,000
Total fixed costs.....................		$532,000

Required:  Assume each requirement is independent.

1. Calculate: a. contribution margin per bicycle sold, and the

b. contribution margin ratio.

2. Calculate the break-even point in units.

3. Assuming that JBC wishes to earn a net profit of $140,000 for the current year, calculate the sales revenue required to achieve this net profit. Assume that the company tax rate is 30%.

4. Market research estimates that sales volume would be increased to 7,000 bicycles (the current sales volume is 4,000 bicycles) if the selling price is reduced to $180 and if the company increases the sales commission per bicycle paid by $5.

At the projected sales volume (7,000 bicycles), calculate:

a. total variable cost of goods sold, and

b. the new operating income. Explain whether JBC should reduce the selling    price and increase sales commission.

Question 4: Introduction to MA

Required: Refer to your textbook Horngren et al. (2015)

a. Briefly outline the ways in which management accountants can provide value (be of use to) to companies.

b. Using any two cases, briefly discuss how the CIMA Code of ethics could provide a guide for the management accountant to resolve ethical dilemmas.

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