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The following forecast information relates to operations of Zmart for the month of August and is based on expected production of 50,000 units for the month.

 

$

Sales revenue

1,279,662

Manufacturing costs       

 

     Variable

595,634

     Fixed

283,786

Selling costs

 

     Variable

52,017

     Fixed

46,879

Administrative costs

 

     Variable

197,577

     Fixed

91,830

If the income tax rate is 38%, calculate how many units need to be sold in August in order to achieve a target profit after tax of $150,000. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Q.2 A small local manufacturing company has the following account balances for February:

 

$

Depreciation on factory plant

26,037

Direct labour (10,000 hours at $22 per hour) 

220,000

Direct materials

50,316

Indirect labour

7,928

Lease costs on plant

16,631

Marketing costs

22,739

Utilities for plant

10,445

The company allocates manufacturing overhead at $6 per direct labour hour.

Calculate the total amount by which manufacturing overheads were over or underallocated for the month of February. (Show an overallocation as a positive figure and an underallocation as a negative figure)

Q.3

A manufacturing company has the following balances at 30 April:

 

$

 

Inventory - direct materials

14,204

Dr.

Inventory - work-in-process        

36,710

Dr.

Inventory - finished goods

49,117

Dr.

Manufacturing overhead

3,776

Dr.

Cost of goods sold

74,025

Dr.

During April, raw materials totalling $41,476 were purchased, and $43,179 were requisitioned for the production process. The cost of goods manufactured during April was $97,901, and manufacturing overhead totalling $51,268 was applied to production during the month (at 140% of direct labour cost).

Calculate the balance of Work-in-process Inventory as at 1 April. (Round your answer to the nearest dollar.)

Q.4 A manufacturing company has the following balances at 31 May:

 

$

 

Inventory - direct materials

16,975

Dr.

Inventory - work-in-process        

34,629

Dr.

Inventory - finished goods

47,551

Dr.

Manufacturing overhead

3,687

Dr.

Cost of goods sold

70,482

Dr.


During May, raw materials totalling $41,967 were purchased, and $44,738 were requisitioned for the production process. The cost of goods manufactured during May was $109,544, and manufacturing overhead totalling $47,581 was applied to production during the month (at 140% of direct labour cost).

Calculate the balance of Finished Goods Inventory as at 1 May. (Round your answer to the nearest dollar.)

Q.5 If the break-even point is lower than the number of units currently produced, then:

a. The organisation's revenue is less than its total costs

b. The organisation has made a profit

c. The organisation's revenue is greater than its total costs

d. The organisation has made a profit, and total revenue is greater than total costs

Q.6 Managers make use of cost-volume-profit analysis primarily to:

a. record the organisation's revenues and costs

b. generate figures for the organisation's financial statements

c. control the organisation's past performance

d. plan the organisation's future operations

Q7. Cacophony Ltd manufactures custom-made computer equipment. The company applies manufacturing overhead to individual jobs using machine hours as a cost driver. The following costs were budgeted for the forthcoming year:

Direct material costs

$449,460

Direct labour costs

$203,911

Manufacturing overheads

$276,833

Number of machine hours       

456,490

Job #996 has incurred direct materials of $1,802, direct labour of $855 and used 956 machine hours.

Calculate the total amount of manufacturing overheads that will be allocated to job #996. (Round your answer to the nearest dollar.)

Q.8 A company is considering launching a new product. It has calculated a break-even point at 1,552 units, at a selling price of $111 per unit. If the company wants a safety margin of $2,000, calculate the number of units that will be need to be sold.

Q9

The following forecast information relates to operations of Zmart for the month of June:

 

$

Sales revenue

1,353,593

Manufacturing costs       

 

     Variable

557,127

     Fixed

282,833

Selling costs

 

     Variable

50,205

     Fixed

43,390

Administrative costs

 

     Variable

183,838

     Fixed

119,561

 

Calculate the break-even point in sales dollars (revenue) for June. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Q.10 A small local manufacturing company has the following account balances for January:

 

$

Depreciation on factory plant

21,652

Direct labour (10,000 hours at $22 per hour) 

220,000

Direct materials

50,247

Indirect labour

8,087

Lease costs on plant

13,437

Marketing costs

21,592

Utilities for plant

7,305

 

The company allocates manufacturing overhead at $4 per direct labour hour.

Calculate the total amount of manufacturing overhead allocated to products for the month of January.

Q.11. Ludicrous Ltd manufactures holographic golf balls and uses a process costing system to record and calculate costs. Data for the Finishing department for September are as follows:

Units

 

Opening WIP inventory (30% complete)

983

Units started during the month

1,423

Closing WIP inventory

339

 

 

Costs

$

Direct materials costs in Opening WIP inventory

155,091

Conversion costs in Opening WIP inventory

97,153

Direct materials added to production during the month

231,607

Conversion costs added to production during the month       

765,071

All direct materials are added at the beginning of the process, conversion costs are incurred evenly throughout the finishing department.

Calculate the number of units completed and transferred out of the Finishing department during the month.

Q.12 Cacophony Ltd manufactures custom-made computer equipment. The company applies manufacturing overhead to individual jobs using machine hours as a cost driver. The following costs were budgeted for the forthcoming year:

Direct material costs

$391,931

Direct labour costs

$225,805

Manufacturing overheads

$260,609

Number of machine hours       

559,674

 

Job #996 has incurred direct materials of $1,880, direct labour of $864 and used 878 machine hours.

Calculate the total manufacturing costs for job #996. (Round your answer to the nearest dollar.)

Q.13 The following forecast information relates to operations of Zmart for the month of July and is based on expected production of 50,000 units for the month.

 

$

Sales revenue

1,444,673

Manufacturing costs       

 

     Variable

580,625

     Fixed

255,513

Selling costs

 

     Variable

58,392

     Fixed

49,912

Administrative costs

 

     Variable

181,870

     Fixed

114,140

 

Calculate how many units need to be sold in July in order to achieve a target operating profit of $250,000. (Round your final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Q.14 Cacophony Ltd manufactures custom-made computer equipment. The company applies manufacturing overhead to individual jobs using machine hours as a cost driver. The following costs were budgeted for the forthcoming year:

Direct material costs

$438,225

Direct labour costs

$161,094

Manufacturing overheads

$241,687

Number of machine hours       

538,809

Job #998 has incurred direct materials of $1,614, direct labour of $985 and used 1,162 machine hours.

Calculate the annual manufacturing overhead allocation rate for Cacophony Ltd. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

Q.15 A non-profit organisation provides meals to homeless people in Brisbane. Each year it incurs fixed costs of $282,330, and each meal costs $6. If the organisation receives funding of $482,280 for the year, how many meals can it provide?

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