Management accounting
The company sells its only product for $10 per unit. There were no beginning or ending inventories.
Calculate:
i. the company’s contribution margin ratio? (2 marks)
ii. the breakeven points in units and in dollar sales? (4 marks)
iii. the total variable expenses at the break-even point? (4 marks)
iv. If unit sales were increased by 25% and fixed expenses were reduced by $4,000 at the current level of sales, what would be the company’s expected net income?
Industries Ltd produces and sells a single product. A standard cost card for the product
follows:
Standard Cost Card–per unit of product:
Direct materials, 4 Metres at $4.00 …….. $16.00
Direct labor, 1.5 hours at $10.00 ……… 15.00
Variable overhead, 1.5 hours at $3.00 ….. 4.50
Fixed overhead, 1.5 hours at $7.00 …….. 10.50
Standard cost per unit ……………….. $46.00
The company records showed no beginning or ending inventories for the year
The company manufactured and sold 18,000 units of product during the year.
A total of 70,200 Metres of material was purchased during the year at cost of $4.20 per Metre.
All of this material was used to manufacture the 18,000 units.
The company worked 29,250 direct labor-hours during the year at a cost of $9.75 per hour. Overhead cost is applied to product s on the basis of direct labor-hours.
The denominator activity level (direct labor-hours) was 22,500 hours. Budgeted fixed overhead costs as shown on the flexible budget were $157,500, while actual fixed overhead costs were $156,000. Actual variable overhead costs were $90,000.
i. Compute the direct materials price and quantity variances for the year.
ii. Compute the direct labor rate and efficiency variances for the year.
iii. Compute the variable overhead spending and efficiency variances for the year.
iv. Compute the fixed overhead budget and volume variances for the year.
b.
i. Define the term standard and give two principal uses of standard costing.
Distinguish between ideal standards and attainable standards