07 33177 Management Accounting Main Examination 2021
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07 33177
Management Accounting
Main Examination 2021
Section A
Answer the FIVE questions in this section
Question 1 (3 marks)
Steady Pace Ltd produces an innovative plastic running shoe. The standard direct material content per unit is 0.3kg at £32.50 per kg. Budgeted production is 244,000 units per year. During the last year actual production was 250,000 units and to facilitate this 77,500kg of material were purchased and used at a cost of £33 per kg. The direct material variances for the last year are:
Price |
Usage |
A. £37,500(A) |
£139,750(A) |
B. £38,750(A) |
£82,500(A) |
C. £37,500(A) |
£81,250(A) |
D. £178,500(A) |
£82,500(A) |
E. £38,750(A) |
£81,250(A) |
Question 2 (3 marks)
Deano plc is investigating using an Activity-Based Costing (ABC) system to absorb production overhead into its three products. As a first step the company has analysed machine set-ups and identified that the cost driver for this activity is the number of batches produced. The budgeted machine set-up cost for the next year is £990,000 and other budgeted information is shown below:
Product |
Konsa |
Luiz |
McGinn |
Production (units) |
24,000 |
60,000 |
42,000 |
Average batch size (units) |
2,000 |
6,000 |
3,000 |
What is the machine set-up cost that would be attributed to each unit of Konsa (to 2 decimal places) using an ABC approach?
A. £3.71
B. £7.50
C. £7.86
D. £13.75
E. £45.00
Question 3 (3 marks)
Ganabuard Ltd manufactures a plastic case that is used to protect delicate fruit. The company is in the process of producing its budgets for 2021 and the sales manager has proposed the following sales budget for the second quarter of the year.
|
April |
May |
June |
Sales (units) |
220,000 |
280,000 |
240,000 |
Information relating to the production and sales process is shown below:
• It is company policy to have sufficient inventory of finished goods to meet 25% of the following month’s sales and they plan to increase inventory of direct materials by 1,000kg per month.
• Opening inventory at the start of April 2021 is expected to be 50,000 units of finished goods and 20,000kg of direct material.
• The production of each unit requires 0.2kg of direct material. The budgeted cost of direct material is £3 per kg.
The material purchase budget for April will be:
A. £120,000
B. £123,000
C. £132,000
D. £144,000
E. £147,000
Question 4 (3 marks)
Rotamola are developing a new mobile phone and has decided to use a target costing approach. Following market research they believe that a selling price of £120 per unit is required to achieve the required total sales volume of 2.5 million units. The current estimated variable production cost is £65 per unit and estimated total fixed costs are £100 million. The company requires a sales margin of 20% on all products (using full cost).
What is the current cost gap using a target costing approach?
A. There is no cost gap
B. £5
C. £9
D. £15
E. £35
Question 5 (3 marks)
Rien Ltd has been offered the opportunity to sign a long term contract to sell its product, the Piaf, to a large customer. It has limited factory capacity and it has to decide now what level of contract to sign before it knows the demand from its regular customers. To help in making the decision the management accountant has produced the following pay-off table showing total contribution at different levels of demand and contract
Demand from regular customers |
Level of Special contract (units per month) |
||||
|
1,000 |
2,000 |
3,000 |
4,000 |
5,000 |
2,000 |
£65,000 |
£80,000 |
£95,000 |
£110,000 |
£125,000 |
3,000 |
£90,000 |
£105,000 |
£120,000 |
£135,000 |
£125,000 |
5,000 |
£140,000 |
£155,000 |
£145,000 |
£135,000 |
£125,000 |
What level of special contract should Rien Ltd sign if they use a minimax regret approach?
A. 1,000 units
B. 2,000 units
C. 3,000 units
D. 4,000 units
E. 5,000 units
Section B
Answer the ONE question in this section
Question 6
StayLevel Ltd manufactures and sells a simple, but innovative, tool that is used in the building industry. The nature of the industry means that demand varies considerably from month to month and this is reflected in the functional budgets that have been produced so far for the second quarter of 2021 by the Management Accountant in conjunction with the management team.
Functional budgets for April to June 2021
|
April |
May |
June |
Sales volume (units) |
30,800 |
42,000 |
23,000 |
Sales revenue (£) |
£246,400 |
£336,000 |
£184,000 |
|
|
|
|
Production (units) |
37,400 |
36,300 |
27,020 |
|
|
|
|
Material usage (kg) |
44,880 |
43,560 |
32,424 |
Material purchase (£) |
£102,040 |
£81,552 |
£69,972 |
|
|
|
|
Direct labour (hours) |
5,610 |
5,445 |
4,053 |
Direct labour (£) |
£72,930 |
£70,785 |
£52,689 |
|
|
|
|
Production overhead (£) |
£74,920 |
£74,040 |
£66,616 |
|
|
|
|
Distribution costs (£) |
£16,240 |
£19,600 |
£13,900 |
Other budgeted information relating to sales and the production process is shown below:
1) Budgeted production in July is 35,560 units.
2) Budgeted sales in July are £291,200 and in August are £268,800.
3) Depreciation of £8,000 per month is included in the production overhead budget and depreciation of £2,500 per month is included in the distribution costs budget.
4) All sales are on credit. 15% of customers pay in the month after the month of sale and 80% two months after the month of sale. The remaining 5% is expected to be irrecoverable. Customers paying invoices in the month after the month of sale are entitled to a 10% prompt payment discount. Sales revenue is budgeted to be £248,000 in February and £280,000 in March.
5) Direct material purchases are paid for in the month after they are incurred. Direct material purchases in March are expected to be £81,600.
6) All other operating costs are paid in the month that they are incurred.
7) New machinery costing £65,000 will be purchased in April but will become operational and will be paid for in May. Once the new machinery is operational old machinery will be sold immediately for £18,000 cash.
8) The opening cash balance at the start of April is expected to be £45,000.
Using the functional budgets and the information above, the trainee accountant has
produced the draft cash budget below:
(£) |
April |
May |
June |
Receipts from sales |
240,400 |
260,960 |
247,520 |
Total receipts |
240,400 |
260,960 |
247,520 |
|
|
|
|
New machinery |
65,000 |
|
|
Direct labour |
72,930 |
70,785 |
52,689 |
Production overhead |
74,920 |
74,040 |
66,616 |
2023-01-10