Monday, June 23, 2014

Absorption Costing & Variable Costing

Definition

Absorption costing is required under generally accepted accounting principles for financial statements distributed to external users. 
Variable Costing for internal use in decision making. Managers often use variable costing. 

Dari pengertian diatas bisa ditarik kesimpulan perbedaan yang mendasar dari kedua laporan keungan absorption dan variable. Perbedaannya adalah absorption ditujukan untuk pihak luar sedangkan variable costing dipakai oleh pihak dalam perusahaan dan diapakai untuk pengambilan keputusan oleh para manager. Agar lebih jelas berikut ada soal tentang bagaimana cara pembuatan laporan keuangan absorption costing dan variable costing.

Assume that 15.000 units are manufactured and sold at price $50 


Manufacturing Cost
 units
Unit cost
Total cost
Variable
15.000
$25
$375.000
Fixed
15.000
$10
$150.000
Total

$35
$525.000




Selling & administrative expanse



Variable
15000
$5
$75.000
Fixed
15000
-
$50.000
Total


$125.000

Absorption Costing Income Statement
Sales (15.000x$50)

$750.000
COGS (15000x$35)

$525.000
Gros Profit

$225.000
Selling & Administrative Exp
($75.000+$50.000)
$125.000
Income Frome Operation

$100.000

Variable Costing
Sales (15.000x$50)

$750.000
Variable COGS (15000x$25)

$375.000
Manufacturing margin

$375.000
Variable Selling & Administrative Exp
(15.000+$5)
$75.000
Contribution margin

$300.000
Fixed cost


Fixed manufacturing cost

$150.000
Fixed selling & administrative Expense

$50.000
Income frome operational

$100.000

Demikian contoh laporan keuangan absorption costing dan variable costing . semoga bermanfaat dan bisa dipahami. Mohon maaf jika dalam penulisannya masih banyak kekurangan. Terimakasih … :D

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