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    Marginal Costing Marginal cost is the increase in the total cost when the total quantity produced increases by one unit. That is‚ it is the cost of producing one more unit of a good. Generally‚ marginal cost at each level of production is the additional costs required to produce the next unit. For example‚ if producing additional computers requires building a new factory‚ the marginal cost of the extra computers includes the cost of the new factory. In practice‚ this analysis is divided into

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    MARGINAL COSTING Introduction Even a school-going student knows that profit is a balancing figure of sales over costs‚ i.e. Sales - Cost = Profit. This knowledge is not sufficient for management for discharging the functions of planning and control‚ etc. The cost is further divided according to its behavior‚ i.e.‚ fixed cost and variable cost. The age-old equation can be written as: Sales - Cost = Profit or Sales - (Fixed cost + Variable Cost) = Profit. The relevance of segregating costs

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    Marginal Costing Introduction The Cost of a product of comprises of materials‚ labour‚ and over heads. On the basis of variability they can be broadly classified as fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs are those costs which remain constant at all levels of production within a given period of time. In other words‚ a cost that does not change in total but become. Progressively smaller per unit when the volume of production increases is known as fixed cost. it is also called period cost eg. Rent

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    Marginal and absorption costing Topic list 1 Marginal cost and marginal costing 2 The principles of marginal costing 3 Marginal costing and absorption costing and the calculation of profit 4 Reconciling profits 5 Marginal costing versus absorption costing Syllabus reference D4 (a) D4 (a) D4 (b)‚ (c) D4 (d) D4 (e) Introduction This chapter defines marginal costing and compares it with absorption costing. Whereas absorption costing recognises fixed costs (usually fixed production costs) as

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    MARGINAL COSTING Introduction This paper explores the use of cost accounting information for decision-making purposes. DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS Marginal cost: This is the cost of a unit of a product or service‚ which would be avoided if that unit or service was not produced or provided Break-even point: This is the volume of sales where there is neither profit nor loss. 1 9 6 COST ACCOUNTING S T U D Y T E X T Margin of safety: This is the excess of sales over the break-even volume in

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    MARGINAL COSTING [pic] SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Shashi Srivastav ABHISHEK KUMAR RAI

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    we have evaluated the different proposals and come up with one project that we recommend. In doing this‚ we have calculated the change in profits compared with the draft budget and compiled the Break-even charts to justify our recommendation. Marginal Costing Profit Statement of the draft budget £(000) £ (000) Sales 1000 Less Cost of sales: Direct Materials 320 Direct wages 200 Variable factory overheads 100 (620) Contribution 380 Less Fixed

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    Marginal Costing is ascertainment of the marginal cost which varies directly with the volume of production by differentiating between fixed costs and variable costs andfinally ascertaining its effect on profit. The basic assumptions made by marginal costing are following: - Total variable cost is directly proportion to the level of activity. However‚ variable cost per unit remains constant at all the levels of activities. - Per unit selling price remains constant at all levels of activities. -

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    MARGINAL AND ABSORPTION COSTING Marginal costing is a technique in which production units are valued at marginal cost of production and fixed costs are written off as period costs. It follows that‚ stocks are valued using only the variable cost of production whereas fixed costs are treated as relating to the period and must be taken off in total. Management accounting is based on marginal costing. TERMINOLOGY USED. Gross contribution: Is the difference between sales value and variable costs

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    Absorption and marginal costing (Relevant to AAT Examination Paper 3: Management Accounting) Li Tak Ming‚ Andy Deputy Head‚ Department of Business Administration‚ Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Kwai Chung) Introduction Absorption costing and marginal costing are alternative cost accumulation systems used to ascertain product or job costs for inventory valuation and cost of sales. Absorption costing Absorption costing includes both variable and fixed production costs in the

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