IKIT company produces and sells recliner chairs. IKIT uses an absorption product costing system, which means that both variable and fixed overhead are included in the product cost. Cost estimates for a recliner chair and expected production volume for next year are as follows: Per Unit Total $40 $20 Direct materials Direct labour Variable manufacturing overhead Variable selling and administrative expenses Fixed selling and administrative expenses Fixed manufacturing overhead Expected volume of production (units): $14 $15 $380,000 $460,000 42,000 The company's owners expect to earn a rate of return (ROI) of 30% on their invested assets of $2,500,000. Required: a. IKIT currently uses the cost-plus pricing method. Compute the mark-up percentage and target selling price that will allow IKIT to earn its desired ROI of 30% for next year.
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.
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IKIT company produces and sells recliner chairs. IKIT uses an absorption
product costing system, which means that both variable and fixed
overhead are included in the product cost. Cost estimates for a recliner
chair and expected production volume for next year are as follows:
Per Unit
Total
$40
$20
Direct materials
Direct labour
Variable manufacturing overhead
Variable selling and administrative expenses
Fixed selling and administrative expenses
Fixed manufacturing overhead
Expected volume of production (units):
$14
$15
$380,000
$460,000
42,000
The company's owners expect to earn a rate of return (ROI) of 30% on their
invested assets of $2,500,000.
Required:
a. IKIT currently uses the cost-plus pricing method. Compute the mark-up
percentage and target selling price that will allow IKIT to earn its desired
ROI of 30% for next year..
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![Required:
a. IKIT currently uses the cost-plus pricing method. Compute the mark-up
percentage and target selling price that will allow IKIT to earn its desired
ROI of 30% for next year.
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b. Based on a recent marketing research, the senior management has an
optimistic sales expectation of 50,000 units and predicts to earn a higher
ROI of 35%. Compute new mark-up percentage and new target selling price
that will allow IKIT to earn its new desired ROI.
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c. Another cost-based approach to pricing is called time and material pricing.
Under this approach, two pricing rates are $et. Explain where this approach is
used and identify the steps involved in time-and-material pricing. Also explain
why this approach is used in some industries.
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