5. | (a) | "Ordering costs and carrying costs are equal at EOQ level." Comment. | 4 | (0) |
| (b) | A factory is currently working at 50% of its working capacity and produces 10,000 units. At 60% working capacity, the raw materials cost increases by 2% and selling price falls by 2%. At 80% working capacity, raw material cost increases by 5% and selling price falls by 5%. At 50% working capacity, the product costs Rs.180 per unit and sold at Rs.200 per unit. The cost of Rs.180 is made up as follows : | Rs. | Materials Labour Factory overhead (40% fixed) Administration overhead (50% fixed)
| 100 30 30 20 180 |
You are required to estimate the profits of the factory when it works at 60% and 80% of its working capacity. | 4 | (0) |
| (c) | State any four objectives of financial statement analysis. | 4 | (0) |
| (d) | State, with reasons, whether the following statements are correct or incorrect : (i) | Notional costs and imputed costs mean the same thing. | (ii) | Conversion costs and overheads are interchangeable terms. | | 4 | (0) |
| (e) | Find out the profit as per financial records, from the following data : | Rs. | (i) | Profit as per cost records | 70,500 | (ii) | Undervaluation of closing stock incost records | 10,500 | (iii) | Administration overheads under-recovered in cost records | 5,200 | (iv) | Bad debts and preliminary expenses wirtten off in financial accounts only | 7,345 | (v) | Depreciation overcharged in cost records | 3,445 | | 4 | (0) |
6. | (a) | An analysis of Matrix Ltd. reveals the following information | Variable cost (% of Sales) | Fixed Cost (Rs.) | Direct materials Direct labour Factory overheads Distribution overheads General administration overheads | 32.8 28.4 12.6 4.1 1.1 | — — 1,89,900 58,400 66,700 |
Budgeted sales are Rs. 18,50,000 you are required to determine –– (i) | Break–even sales value, | (ii) | Profit at the budgeted sales value. | (iii) | profit, if actual sales | (iv) | drop by 10% and | (v) | increase by 5% from the budgeted sales | | 5 | (0) |
| (b) | Following is the profit and loss account of Tradeways Ltd. for the year ended 31st March, 2003 : Particulars | (Rs.in '000) | Particulars | (Rs. in '000) | To Opening stock To Purchases To Gross profits c/d
To Office and admn. expenses To selling expenses To Net profit | 10,000 55,000 50,000 1,15,000
18,000 12,000 20,000 | By Sales By Closing stock
By Gross profit b/d | 1,00,000 15,000
1,15,000 50,000 | | 50,000 | | 50,000 | Balance Sheet as on 31st March, 2003 (Rs. in '000) | Liabilities | | Assets | | Share capital of Rs. 10 each Profit and loss a/c creditors Bills payable | 1,00,000 20,000 25,000 15,000 | Land and buildings Plant and machinery Stock Sundry debtors Bills receivable Cash and bank balance | 50,000 30,000 15,000 15,000 12,500
37,500 | | 1,60,000 | | 1,60,000 |
you are required to calculate the following : (i) | Stock turnover ratio; | (ii) | Current ratio; | (iii) | Liquid ratio | (iv) | Operating ratio; and | (v) | Proprietary ratio. | | 5 | (0) |
| (c) | A transport service company is running four buses between two towns that are 50 kms. apart. The seating capacity of each bus is 48 passengers. The following particulars were obtained from its records for the month of June, 2003 : | Rs. | Wages of drivers, conductors and cleaners Salaries of office and supervisory staff Diesel oil and other oils Repairs and maintenance Tax, insurance, etc. Depreciation Interest and other charges | 4,800 2,000 8,000 1,600 3,200 5,200 4,000 |
Actual passengers carried were 75% of the seating capacity. All the four buses ran on all the days of the month. Each bus made one round trip per day. Ascertain the cost per passenger per kilometer. | 5 | (0) |
7. | (a) | Distinguish between 'costing' and 'cost accounting'. | 2 | (0) |
| (b) | From the following data, calculate — (i) | expenditure overhead variance; | (ii) | volume overhead variance; and | (iii) | efficiency overhead variance : |
| Standard | Actual | Number of units | 4,000 | 3,800 | Fixed overhead (Rs.) | 40,000 | 39,000 | Working days | 20 | 21 | | 3 | (0) |
| (c) | Swastik Oils Ltd. has furnished the following information for the year ended 31s1 March, 2003 : | (Rs. in Lakhs) | Net profit | 37,500.00 | Dividend (including interim dividend paid) | 12,000.00 | Provision for income-tax | 7,500.00 | Income–tax paid dur ing the year | 6,372.00 | Loss on sale of assets (net) | 60.00 | Book value of assets sold | 277.50 | Depreciation charged to P&L account. | 30,000.00 | Profit on sale of investments | 150.00 | Value of investments sold | 41,647.50 | Interest income on investments | 3,759.00 | Interest expenses | 15,000.00 | Interest paid during the year | 15,780.00 | Increase in working capital (excluding cash and bank balance) | 84,112.50 | Purchase of fixed assets | 21,840.00 | Investments in joint venture | 5,775.00 | Expenditure on construction work–in–progress | 69,480.00 | Proceeds from long–term borrow ings | 3 8,97 0.00 | Proceeds from short–term borrowings | 30,862.50 | Opening cash and bank balances | 11,032.50 | Closing cash and bank balances | 2,569.50 |
You are required to prepare the cash flow statement in accordance with AS-3 for the year ended 31s1 March, 2003. (Make assumptions wherever necessary.) | 10 | (0) |
8. | (a) | What are the objectives of 'inflation accounting' ? | 3 | (0) |
| (b) | Enumerate the steps in the implementation of a responsibility accounting system. | 5 | (0) |
| (c) | Design Pens Ltd., manufactures only pens where the marginal cost of each pen is Rs.3. It has fixed costs of Rs.25,000 per annum. Present production and sales of pens is 50,000 units and selling price per pen is Rs.5. Any sale beyond 50,000 pens is possible only if the company reduces 20% of its current selling price. However, the reduced price applies only to the additional units. The company wants a target profit of Rs.1,00,000. How many pens the company must produce and sell if the target profit is to be achieved '? | 7 | (0) |