Question Tag: Full Cost

a) Frankadua Furniture Works located at Bomaa in the Ahafo Region has a rough estimate of the materials and labour cost of a set of living room furniture. It is expected that 8 cubic metres of timber, 6 cubic metres of foam and 12 square metres of fabric can be used. Glue, screws and other accessories will also cost GH¢80.

The Carpenters who will do the cutting, joining and finishing will use 35 hours. Since the company is fairly new, it will engage a tailor to sew the fabric to fit the sizes of the units of the chairs. For each set the tailor will charge GH¢150. Labour is paid at GH¢12 per hour plus a premium of GH¢5 per hour when the job requires more than 20 hours.

Timber is priced at GH¢25 per cubic metre, foam is GH¢20 per cubic metre while the fabric is GH¢15 per square metre. The Accountant has estimated overhead absorption rate of 20% on direct material cost.

Required:
i) Determine the prime cost of a set of living room furniture. (10 marks)
ii) Determine the full cost of a set of living room furniture. (5 marks)

b) Kempion Breweries Ltd has just commenced business in the alcoholic beverage sector of Ghana producing a local gin called Pitoo and is desirous of having a good grasp of its costs for product costing, valuation and pricing purposes.

Required:
State FOUR (4) features of a process costing system to be used by Kempion Breweries to arrive at the total cost of Pitoo. (5 marks)