39. Fixed costs of goods sold are allocated to each segment based on the number of employees. Fixed selling and administrative expenses are allocated equally. If Segment B is eliminated, P1,500 of fixed costs of good sold would be eliminated. Assuming Segment B is closed, the effect on operating income would be Following are the operating results of the two segments of Parklin Corporation. Segment A Segment B Total Sales P10,000 P15,000 P25,000 Variable costs of goods sold 4,000 8,500 12,500 Fixed costs of goods sold 1,500 2,500 4,000 Gross margin 4,500 4,000 8,500 Variable selling and administrative 2,000 3,000 5,000 Fixed selling and administrative 1,500 1,500 3,000 Operating income (loss) P 1,000 P (500) P 500 4
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
![39. Fixed costs of goods sold are allocated to each segment based on the
number of employees. Fixed selling and administrative expenses are
allocated equally. If Segment B is eliminated, P1,500 of fixed costs of goods
sold would be eliminated. Assuming Segment B is closed, the effect on
operating income would be
Following are the operating results of the two segments of Parklin Corporation.
Segment A
Segment B
Total
Sales
P10,000
P15,000
P25,000
Variable costs of goods sold
4,000
8,500
12,500
Fixed costs of goods sold
1,500
2,500
4,000
Gross margin
4,500
4,000
8,500
Variable selling and administrative
2,000
3,000
5,000
Fixed selling and administrative
1,500
1,500
3,000
Operating income (loss)
P 1,000
P (500)
P 500
O a. an increase of P500.
O b. an increase of P2,000.
O c. a decrease of P2,000.
O d. a decrease of P2,500.
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