Reference no: EM132762813
At the start of period one Mylo has no opening inventories. Mylo sells his product for £12 per unit incurring the following unit variable costs:
£
Direct materials 4.80
Direct labour 2.00
Variable production overheads 1.20
Fixed production overheads are £3,000, fixed selling overheads are £1,000, and production and sales are as follows:
Pd 1 Pd2
Sales 1200 units 1800 units
Production 1400 units 1600 units
Overhead absorption rates are calculated based on budgeted production of 1500 units.
Your are required to:
Problem a) Prepare profit statements using marginal costing
Problem b) Prepare profit statements using absorption costing
Problem c) Explain why the profit figures differ using the two different methods.
Problem d) Explain why the adjustment is necessary for under and over absorption of overheads in the absorption costing model.