3.1. Preparation of financial statements
A subsection of Accounting, 9706, through 3. Financial accounting (A Level)
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For Examiner's Use Singh Ltd manufactures three products - Athol, Brose and Crowdie – selling at $3, $7 and $4 respectively. The manufacturing process is the same for all products but each requires a different quality of raw material. Expected trading results for the six months ending 31 May 2010 are as follows: Athol Brose Crowdie Total $ $ $ $ Sales 120 000 91 000 88 000 299 000 Variable costs Direct materials 48 000 52 000 27 500 127 500 Direct labour (paid at $4 per hour) 20 000 13 000 22 000 55 000 Variable overheads 40 000 39 000 11 000 90 000 108 000 104 000 60 500 272 500 Fixed costs 20 000 292 500 Estimated profit 6 500 REQUIRED Calculate the estimated number of direct labour hours needed to manufacture each product, and in total. Calculate the estimated contribution per direct labour hour for products Athol and Crowdie. For Examiner's Use Calculate the number of units of each of the three products produced per direct labour hour. Management has decided to cease production of Brose with effect from 1 June 2010. REQUIRED State why management has decided to take this action. For Examiner's Use The demand for the remaining products is expected to be: Athol 60 000 units; Crowdie 32 000 units. Management has undertaken to continue production as follows: switch the labour force from Brose to Athol and Crowdie: additional labour may also be required; the rate per hour for direct labour will be increased to $4.10 per hour; selling prices per unit of Athol and Crowdie will be unchanged; direct material costs per unit will be unchanged; the ratio of variable overheads to selling price for each product will be unchanged; fixed costs will increase by 10 %. REQUIRED Use the information above to prepare an estimated profit statement for the six months ending 30 November 2010. Follow the layout used at the beginning of the question.
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THEORY
2009
Paper 2, Variant 1
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