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April 2025

Unit: Management accounting

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1a
Costing terms and concepts
​​Understanding cost behaviour patterns is important in making management accounting and cost control decisions. 

In relation to the above statement, explain THREE types of costs which can be classified according to cost behaviour.
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1b
Activity based costing
​ ​ ​​Mbao Ltd. makes and sells three types of standard furniture using job order costing system. The extract below shows the budgeted production plan for sofa sets, tables and beds in three product cost centres for the month of May 2025:

Product...................................
Sofa.sets
Tables
Beds
Total
Production and sales (units)
1,000
2,000
800
Direct material cost per unit
Sh.4,500
Sh.2,000
Sh.3,100
Sh.10,980,000
Direct labour hours per unit
2.5
2
3
8,900
Machine hours per unit
1.5
1
2
5,100
Direct labour cost per hour
Sh.1,000
Sh.800
Sh.750
Cost drivers:
Number of production runs
3
7
20
30
Number of deliveries
30
20
50
100
Number of requisitions raised
15
35
220
270
Number of orders executed
15
10
25
50

Additional information:
1
The company operates a just in time (JIT) inventory policy and receives each component once per production run
2
Currently, production overheads are allocated based on direct labour hours absorption basis.
3
Susana Njeri, the company management accountant has recently attended a conference on activity-based costing (ABC) system where she learnt that overheads costs can be analysed by the major activities in order to compute the activity-based costs. Therefore, she proposed the adoption of activity-based costing (ABC) technique.
4
The production overheads for the period have been analysed as follows together with their cost drivers:
Production overhead cost
Cost driver
Sh.
Set up costs
Number of production runs
300,000
Machining costs
Number of machine hours
1,122,000
Requisition costs
Number of requisitions raised
1,350,000
Inspection costs 
Number of deliveries
1,493,000
Material handling costs
Number of orders executed
1,075,000
5,340,000

Required: 
Calculate the unit cost for each product production costs are absorbed on the basis of: 

(i) Direct labour hour overhead absorption base. 

(ii) Activity based costing (ABC) base.

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2a
Product costing methods
​​Highlight FOUR features of process costing
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2b(i)
Budgetary control
​​A budget is a planning and control tool expressed in monetary terms. The budget is prepared to perform certain functions. 

With reference to the above statement, discuss FOUR functions of budgetary control and planning.
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2b(ii)
Budgetary control
​ ​​Beehive Enterprises has provided the following extract of the trial balance as at 1 March 2025:

Debits
Sh.
Credits
Sh.
Cash
60,000
Accounts receivable
195,000
Allowance for bad debts
24,000
Inventory
120,000
Accounts payable
90,000

Additional information:
1
Purchases are payable within 10 days. Assume that one-third (1/3) of the purchase of any month are due and paid for in the following month. 
2
The unit cost of the inventory purchased is Sh.10. At the end of each month, the firm’s policy is to have an inventory equal to 50% of the following month’s unit sales. 
3
Sales terms include a 1% discount if payment is made by the end of the calendar month in which the sale took place. Past experiences indicate that 60% of the billings will be collected during the month of the sale, 30% in the following calendar month, 6% in the next following calendar month and 4% will be uncollectible.
4
The following data relates to sales: 
Sh.
Selling price per unit
150
January 2025 actual sales revenue
150,000
February 2025 actual sales revenue
450,000
March 2025 actual sales revenue
360,000
April estimated sales revenue 
270,000
Total sales expected in the fiscal year
4,500,000
5
The firm’s fiscal year begins on 1 January of every year.
6
Exclusive of bad debts, the total budgeted selling and general administrative expenses for the fiscal year are estimated at Sh.705,000 of which Sh.210,000 is fixed expense (inclusive of Sh.90,000 annual depreciation charge).
7
Fixed expenses are incurred uniformly throughout the year
8
The balance of the selling and general administrative expenses varies with sales. Expenses are paid as incurred.

Required:
 A cash budget for the month of April 2025.
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3a
Product costing methods
​​Zuka Ltd. is planning to introduce a service costing system in its stores operations department. 

Required: 

(i) Explain the concept of service costing as used in management accounting.

(ii) Propose FOUR factors that the company might consider when introducing the service costing system.
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3b
Marginal and absorption costing
​​Explain TWO causes of differences in profits reported by marginal costing and absorption costing methods
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3c
Cost-volume profit analysis (break-even analysis)
​ ​ ​​Masomo Publishers Ltd. has been making and selling different types of exercise books. The publishers operate absorption costing system. 

A summary of the company’s budgeted profit statements for its next week, when it expects to be operating at 75% of capacity is given below:

Types of exercise book
........................................
200 pages
“Sh.per.unit”
96 pages
“Sh.per.unit”
120 pages
“Sh.per.unit”
Direct material cost
60
22
26
Direct labour cost
25
10
20
Variable.overhead.cost
5
3
6
Fixed overhead cost
20
20
20
Net profit/(loss)
10
(5)
8
Retail selling price
120
50
80

The market demand for the exercise books and time required per unit has been analysed as follows:

Product
Expected demand per week (units)
Machine hours per unit required
200 pages book
8,000
15 minutes
96 pages book
25,000
45 minutes
120 pages book
22,000
30 minutes

Additional information: 

1. There is a maximum of 20,250 machine hours available per week. 

2. Fixed costs budgeted are Sh.1,100,000 per week. 

Required: 

(i) The optimal production mix in units. 

(ii) The resultant net profit at optimal production mix.

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4a
Cost accumulation
​ ​ ​​Yusuf Enterprises uses the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) to establish the optimal reorder quantity for purchasing the main raw material used in the production process. 

The firm has been approached by an alternative supplier who would be willing to offer the following discounts:

Order.level............
Discount (%)
0 – 199
1
200 – 499
3
500 – 699
5
700 units or more
7

Information regarding the current inventory costs is as follows: 

Holding cost per unit per year is approximated to be 10% of the purchase price

Order cost
Sh.2 per order
Annual.demand 
15,000 units
Purchase price
Sh.15...............
Current EOQ
200 units

Required: 
Determine the order quantity that would yield the lowest total cost. 
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4b
Budgetary control
​ ​ ​​Jiko Moto Ltd. wishes to set a flexible budget for the sale of gas cookers. The production cost incurred and the number of gas cookers produced during six months of financial year 2024/2025 were as follows:


Month
Production cost 
Sh.

Number of gas cookers
1
10,473,000
1,200
2
11,322,600
1,400
3
10,623,800
1,250
4
10,802,200
1,300
5
10,247,600
1,150
6
10,954,800
1,350

The monthly total and monthly average figures for the six month of the financial year 2024/2025 is as follows:

Production cost
Sh.

Number of gas cookers
Monthly total
65,424,000
7,650
Monthly average
10,904,000
1,275

Required: 
Using High-Low analysis, devise a cost estimation equation in the form Y = a + bx and estimate the: 

(i) Variable production cost per gas cooker. 

(ii) Fixed production cost per month.
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4c
Cost-volume profit analysis (break-even analysis)
​ ​ ​​Wingu Ltd. manufactures and sells blankets and has the following costs and selling price structure:

Sh. Per unit
Sh. Per unit
Selling price
1,200
Direct material
220
Direct labour
360
Variable overhead
140
Fixed overhead
120
(840)
Net profit
360

Additional information: 
1. The fixed overhead absorption rate is based on the budgeted activity level of 5,000 units per month. Assume that fixed overheads are incurred evenly each period. 

2. Budgeted sales for next month amounted to 3,500 units. 

Required: 
(i) The break-even point in sales units per month. 

(ii) The margin of safety for the next month. 

(iii) The budgeted profit for the next month. 

(iv) The sales units required to achieve a target profit of Sh.552,000 in a month.
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5a
Standard costing and variance analysis
​​Explain FOUR advantages of standard costing.
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5b
Standard costing and variance analysis
​ ​ ​​Bidii Ltd. produces a detergent branded “Kik”. During its first week of production, the cost accountant has provided the following information:

Standard cost (for one unit)
Sh.
Direct materials: 10 units @Sh.1.50
15
Direct labour: 5 hours @ Sh.8
40
Production overheads: 5 hours @ Sh.10
50
105

Actual figures (for whole activity):
Direct materials: Sh.6,435
Direct labour: Sh.16,324

Analysis of variances:
Direct materials:
Price
Sh.585(A)
Usage 
Sh.375 (F)
Direct labour:
Rate
Sh.636 (F)
Efficiency
Sh.360 (A)
Production overheads:
Expenditure
Sh.400 (F)
Volume
Sh.750 (F)

Required: 
Compute the following: 

(i) Actual output units. 

(ii) Actual price of material per unit. 

(iii) Actual wage rate per labour hour. 

(iv) The amount of production overhead incurred.
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