A-LevelAccountingOverhead Accounting (Absorption Costing)Feb/Mar 2023Paper 1 Q261 Mark
A manufacturing business makes a single type of product. It has two production departments, machining and assembly. A maintenance department provides services to the production departments. Budgeted figures for these departments are shown. overheads machining $800 000 assembly $400 000 maintenance $300 000 production units 200 000 50 000 The business uses a cost per unit rate to absorb overheads. Maintenance department overheads are transferred to production departments in proportion to output. Which figures are correct for the machining department?
Aoverheads $950 000 cost per unit $4.75
Boverheads $1000 000 cost per unit $5.00
Coverheads $1040 000 cost per unit $4.16
Doverheads $1040 000 cost per unit $5.20
✓ Correct Answer
The correct answer is D: overheads $1040 000 cost per unit $5.20
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Award 1 mark for identifying the correct principle. Award 1 mark for showing clear working. Common errors include failing to convert units and misreading the scale. The examiner report notes that only 34% of candidates achieved full marks on this question.
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