Which statement is true with regard to this situation?
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.
Samson Designers produces a lady’s handbag that normally sells for $120. The company produces 800 units annually but has the capacity to produce 1,100 units. An order from a customer has been received for 200 handbags at $85 each that would not disrupt current operations. Current costs for the handbag are as follows:
Direct materials $23.00
Direct labor 45.00
Variable overhead 7.00
Fixed overhead 12.00
Total $87.00
In addition, the customer would like to add a monogram to each bag which would require an additional $4 per bag in additional labor costs. Samson would also have to purchase a piece of equipment to create the monogram which would cost $800. This equipment would not have any other uses. Which statement is true with regard to this situation?
- Incremental revenues will exceed incremental costs by $400.
- Incremental revenues will exceed incremental costs by $1,200.
- Incremental costs will exceed incremental revenues by $1,200.
- Incremental costs will exceed incremental revenues by $2,000.
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