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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions
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![The Cost Sheet of Picon Sales Corporation provides the following information:
Cost per
Particulars
unit
(Rs.)
Raw Material
250
Direct Labour
400
Overheads (including
100
Depreciation Rs. 50/-)
Total Cost
750
Profits
250
Selling Price
1000
Avg. raw material stock is of one month. Avg. work in progress is for half month. Credit period allowed by suppliers is one month
and to customers is also one month. Avg. time lag in payment of wages is 10 days and overheads is 30 days. 25% of the sales
are on cash basis. Finished goods lie in stock for one month. Cash balance at the beginning is expected to be Rs. 200,000.
You are required to prepared a statement of the working capital needed to finance a level of the activity of 54,000 units of output.
Production is carried out evenly throughout the year and wages and overheads accrue similarly.
Please state your assumptions, if any.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fce918bd0-a7a0-4336-8ee1-8fcaea1ed647%2Fb9297269-4bfc-4f47-9e98-93fc2e6d2f68%2Fdg9o83bg_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The Cost Sheet of Picon Sales Corporation provides the following information:
Cost per
Particulars
unit
(Rs.)
Raw Material
250
Direct Labour
400
Overheads (including
100
Depreciation Rs. 50/-)
Total Cost
750
Profits
250
Selling Price
1000
Avg. raw material stock is of one month. Avg. work in progress is for half month. Credit period allowed by suppliers is one month
and to customers is also one month. Avg. time lag in payment of wages is 10 days and overheads is 30 days. 25% of the sales
are on cash basis. Finished goods lie in stock for one month. Cash balance at the beginning is expected to be Rs. 200,000.
You are required to prepared a statement of the working capital needed to finance a level of the activity of 54,000 units of output.
Production is carried out evenly throughout the year and wages and overheads accrue similarly.
Please state your assumptions, if any.
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