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PRODUCTION COST STATEMENT

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ACCOUNTING

CO-ORDINATOR: P Gopaul
Siphesihle Secondary

PRODUCTION COST STATEMENTS
LO2:
AS 2:

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
Prepare , present, analyse and report on cost information for a manufacturing Enterprise by compiling a production cost statement. 1. The financial statements of manufacturing enterprises The financial statements of the manufacturing enterprise differs very little from those of the merchandising enterprise. Account titles on the balance sheet of the manufacturer are similar to those used by the merchandiser.
The main difference between the balance sheets is the use of three inventory (stock) accounts by the manufacturing enterprise while merchandising enterprise use only one.
Even the income s t a t e m e n t s a r e s i m …show more content…

The changing face of production costs

Insurance [56 000-(6 000 x 6/12 x 3/5]
Technology and the new manufacturing processes of the 1990s and 2000s have produced
Rent expense [150 000- 30 000*] entirely new patterns of production costs. The three elements of production cost are still
Electricity
materials. labour and factory overhead.
However, the percentage of each element in the
Consumable stores [3 250 + 6 000-1 000-250] total cost of a product has changed.
Depreciation [16 000 + 1 500]
During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1960s and
1970s labour was the dominant cost element
Total cost of production making up over 40% of total production cost.
Direct material contributed 35% and factory
Work in progress (1 Mar. 20.7) overheard around 25% of total cost. 75% of total cost of production was a direct cost, traceable to
Cost of work -in-progress during the year the product. Improved production technology caused a dramatic shift in the relative
Work in progress (28 Feb 20.8.) contribution of the three production cost
Cost of production of finished goods elements. People were replaced by machines and direct labour was reduced significantly.
* Rent expense prepaid:
Today, only 50% of production cost is directly
150 000 traceable to the product; the other 50% is factory
= 15 months overhead, an indirect cost.
3. Preparing production cost statements = 10 000 per month x 3 months
(Activity)
Calculations
The financial year for Java Manufacturing
Workings
= R30 000
Enterprises ends 28

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