The following details have been extracted from EECL’s budgets.   Selling price per unit £140 Variable production costs per unit £45 Fixed costs per unit £32   The budgeted fixed production cost per unit was based on a normal capacity of 11,000 units per month. Actual details for the months of January and February are given below-                                                                                                         January         February -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Production volume units                                                               10000            11500 Sales volume units                                                                            9800            11200 Selling price per unit                                                                          135                140 Variable production cost per unit                                                       45                  45 Total fixed production costs                                                         350,000         340,000   There was no closing inventory at the end of the month.   Required: 1)  required to produce an income statement to calculate the actual profit for January and February using absorption costing.  assume that any under/over absorption of fixed overheads is debited /credited to the income statement each month. 2)The actual profit figure for the month of January using marginal costing was £532,000. Using appropriate calculations, state why there is a difference between the actual profit figures for January using marginal costing and absorption costing. please calculate marginal and absorption costing income statements along with workings

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The following details have been extracted from EECL’s budgets.

 

Selling price per unit £140

Variable production costs per unit £45

Fixed costs per unit £32

 

The budgeted fixed production cost per unit was based on a normal capacity of 11,000 units per month.

Actual details for the months of January and February are given below-

 

                                                                                                      January         February

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Production volume units                                                               10000            11500

Sales volume units                                                                            9800            11200

Selling price per unit                                                                          135                140

Variable production cost per unit                                                       45                  45

Total fixed production costs                                                         350,000         340,000

 

There was no closing inventory at the end of the month.

 

Required:

1)  required to produce an income statement to calculate the actual profit for January and February using absorption costing.  assume that any under/over absorption of fixed overheads is debited /credited to the income statement each month.

2)The actual profit figure for the month of January using marginal costing was £532,000. Using appropriate calculations, state why there is a difference between the actual profit figures for January using marginal costing and absorption costing.

please calculate marginal and absorption costing income statements along with workings 

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