ACC60002 – Revision Questions
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Question 1 [Bright P/L]
Consider the following beginning and ending balances in relation to the
Balance Sheet items for Bright P/L, for the financial year 2014:
Beginning Ending
$000 $000
Assets
Bank 184 245
Debtors 316 260
Stock 500 580
Equipment 1,600 2,200
Accumulated depreciation (800) (965)
Total assets 1,800 2,320
Liabilities
Trade creditors 360 520
Loan 500 780
Equity
Proprietorship 940 1,020
Total liabilities and equity 1,800 2,320
In addition, consider the following Income Statement for Bright P/L, for the
same financial year:
$000
Sales revenue 2,940
Cost of goods sold (1,960)
Gross profit 980
Selling expense (340)
Administrative expense (455)
Depreciation expense (165)
Net profit 20
Required:
1. Prepare a Cash Flow Statement for Bright P/L, for the financial year 2014.
2. Provide an analysis of the Cash Flow Statement that you have prepared.ACC60002 – Revision Questions
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Question 2 [Matthew Manufacturing]
Matthew Manufacturing is a company that produces clothing for the
supporters of football teams. The company currently produces clothing for the
supporters of two teams, the Tigers and the Saints. The company has been
producing Tigers clothing for many years and has only recently started
making the Saints clothing. Due to the designs of the clothing the Tigers
clothing is much easier to produce than the Saints clothing. The company
has been concerned for some time that its competitors appear to be selling
supporters clothing for a much lower price. You have been hired to assess the
company’s performance. After a three-month assessment, you have gained
the following information on the factory’s production activities and costs
associated with the two products:
Tigers Saints
Production (units) 100,000 20,000
Overhead per unit* $63.75 $28.69
Cost of direct materials and labour per unit $16.14 $20.00
Total cost $79.89 $48.69
Selling price $111.84 $68.16
*Calculated using a plant-wide rate based on direct labour hours, which is the
current way the company allocates factory overhead to products.
Number of production runs 100 200
Receiving orders 400 1,000
Machine hours 125,000 60,000
Direct labour hours 250,000 22,500
Clothing design hours 5,000 5,000
Materials handling 500 400
You believe that the company would benefit from switching the overhead
assignment to an activity-based approach, since activity-based cost
assignment is more accurate and will provide better information for decisionmaking. To assist the company in accepting this recommendation, you have
assigned the factory’s activities into pools.
Cost Pool Cost
Set-ups $240,000
Machining $1,748,250
Receiving $2,100,000
Product Design $1,960,000
Material handling $900,000
Required:
1. Recompute the unit cost of each product using activity-based costing.
2. Describe what actions you would take based on the information provided
by the activity-based unit costs.ACC60002 – Revision Questions
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Question 3 [X Ltd]
X Ltd. produces three different products: A, B and C. The results for the
company for the past year are presented as follows.
A B C Total
$ $ $ $
Sales 2,500,000 1,500,000 3,200,000 7,200,000
Cost of goods sold (2,100,000) (1,550,000) (2,500,000) (6,150,000)
Gross profit 400,000 (50,000) 700,000 1,050,000
Operating expense (550,000) (200,000) (350,000) (1,100,000)
Net profit (150,000) (250,000) 350,000 (50,000)
The CEO believes that the company should stop making products A & B.
However, before making a final decision, the CEO asks the accountant to
provide more details about the cost items and these are presented below.
A B C
$ $ $
Cost of goods sold
Variable manufacturing costs 1,250,000 1,000,000 1,700,000
Fixed manufacturing costs 850,000 550,000 800,000
Operating costs
Variable 350,000 130,000 200,000
Fixed 200,000 70,000 150,000
The fixed operating costs include an allocation of the CEO’s salary of
$150,000 and rent of the display room of $50,000. The fixed manufacturing
costs include an allocation of factory rent of $300,000 and central lighting of
$100,000. The above fixed costs have been allocated on the basis of sales:
35% to A, 20% to B, and 45% to C. All other costs are directly traceable to
each product line.
Required:
1. Prepare a reformatted report to assist the CEO with the decision as to
whether or not to discontinue one or more products.
2. Based on your revised report, would you recommend the discontinuance
of any of the products? What additional information would you seek, if
any?ACC60002 – Revision Questions
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Question 4 [Comtech]
Comtech P/L manufactures and sells a specialised graphics interface card for
laptop computers. Price and cost data are as follows:
Selling price per unit $50.00
Variable costs per unit
Direct material $21.00
Direct labour $10.00
Overhead $6.00
Selling $2.60
Total variable costs $39.60
Annual fixed costs
Manufacturing overhead $384,000
Selling and administration $552,000
Total fixed costs $936,000
Forecast annual sales: 120,000 units or $6,000,000.
Required:
1. What is Comtech’s break-even point in units?
2. What is Comtech’s break-even point in sales dollars?
3. What is Comtech’s margin of safety?
4. How many units would Comtech have to sell to earn a profit of:
a. $130,000 before tax?
b. $140,000 after tax, assuming a tax rate of 30%?
5. Management estimates that direct labour costs will increase by 10% next
year. All other costs are expected to be unchanged. How many units will
Comtech have to sell next year to reach its break-even point?
6. If Comtech’s direct labour costs do increase by 10%, what selling price
per unit must it charge to maintain the same dollar contribution margin
that it is currently achieving?ACC60002 – Revision Questions
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Question 5 [Part 380]
A company can manufacture 10,000 units of part 380 for the following costs:
Sub-total Per Unit
Direct material $80,000 $8
Direct labour $10,000 $1
Variable overhead $40,000 $4
Fixed overhead allocated $50,000 $5
Total $180,000 $18
The same component part can be purchased for $16 per unit from a supplier.
Required:
1. Should this company make part 380, or should it buy part 380 from a
supplier? Provide numerical analysis and your reasons.
2. What is your recommendation, given the additional information below as to
making or buying part 380 and the utilization of the capacity? Provide your
financial analysis.
Any free capacity can be utilized to produce 10,000 units of another
product, which would involve the following costs and revenues per unit:
Selling price $10
Variable costs $2
Allocated fixed costs $5
Profit $3