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A-LevelAccountingManufacturing AccountsOct/Nov 2014Paper 1 Q141 Mark

The manufacturing account and income statement of a trader show the following: $ purchases of raw materials 70000 direct costs and overheads 54000 increase in inventory of raw materials 8000 decrease in work in progress 3000 increase in inventory of finished goods 14000 What are the values of cost of production and cost of sales?

Acost of production $119000, cost of sales $105 000
Bcost of production $124000, cost of sales $105000
Ccost of production $124000, cost of sales $143000
Dcost of production $129 000, cost of sales $143000

✓ Correct Answer

The correct answer is A: cost of production $119000, cost of sales $105 000

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

Topic

This multiple-choice question tests Manufacturing Accounts in A-Level Accounting (syllabus code 9706). It is worth 1 mark.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting Oct/Nov 2014 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2.

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