At the start of period one Tommy has no opening inventories. Tommy sells his product for £12 per unit incurring the following unit variable costs:                                                                         £ Direct materials                                             4.80 Direct labour                                                 2.00 Variable production overheads                     1.20 Fixed production overheads are £3,000, fixed selling overheads are £1,000, and production and sales are as follows:                                                                  Pd 1                        Pd 2           Sales                                                        1200 units

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At the start of period one Tommy has no opening inventories. Tommy sells his product for £12 per unit incurring the following unit variable costs:
                                                                        £

Direct materials                                             4.80

Direct labour                                                 2.00

Variable production overheads                     1.20

Fixed production overheads are £3,000, fixed selling overheads are £1,000, and production and sales are as follows:
                                                                 Pd 1                        Pd 2           Sales                                                        1200 units               800 units Production                                               1400 units              1600 units Overhead absorption rates are calculated based on budgeted production of 1500 units.

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a) Prepare profit statements using marginal costing

b) Prepare profit statements using absorption costing
c) Explain why the profit figures differ using the two different methods.
d) Explain why the adjustment is necessary for under and over absorption of overheads in the absorption costing model.

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