1.Compute the product cost per meal produced under absorption costing and under variable costing. 2. Prepare the income statement for January 2007 using variable costing 3. List three situations in which marginal costing, as a technique, aids decision-making
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.
Requirements:
1.Compute the product cost per meal produced under absorption costing and under variable costing.
2. Prepare the income statement for January 2007 using variable costing
3. List three situations in which marginal costing, as a technique, aids decision-making
![Luckeys produces frozen meals, which it sells for $8 each. The company computes a new
monthly fixed manufacturing overhead rate based on the planned number of meals to be
produced that month. All costs and production levels are exactly as planned. The following
data are from the first month in business.
Sales
Production
Variable manufacturing cost per meal
Sales commission cost per meal
Total fixed manufacturing overhead
Total fixed marketing and administrative costs
January 2007
1,000 meals
1,400 meals
$4.00
$1.00
$700
$600](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7b01907d-dd5f-45f6-9dab-be8fb7482ae8%2Fbae9cf5f-25db-4c73-9452-45da72a79542%2F2hvla1r_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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