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A-LevelAccountingCostingMay/June 2023Paper 1 Q251 Mark

A business absorbs its overheads on the basis of direct labour hours. The following information is provided for its last period. actual budgeted overheads $640 000 $620 000 labour hours 13 100 12400 By how much were overheads over-absorbed or under-absorbed?

Aover-absorbed by $15000
Bunder-absorbed by $15000
Cover-absorbed by $20000
Dunder-absorbed by $20000

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2023 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Costing and is worth 1 mark.

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