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Profit will be the same under Absorption Costing and Marginal Costing only when.?

<p><strong>1. There is no opening or closing stocks</strong></p> <p><strong>2. There is only closing stocks </strong></p> <p><strong>3. There is only opening stocks </strong></p> <p><strong>4. Opening stocks are lower than closing stocks </strong></p>

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Question added by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.
Date Posted: 2014/10/20
Mohammad Shamim Ahmad
by Mohammad Shamim Ahmad , Senior Supervisor-Internal Control & Compliance , WOQOD - Qatar Fuel

Answer is A

If all produced units are sold and there is no opening & closing stock then profit reported under both system will be same. 

When there are changes in the inventory levels, the two systems will result in different 

profits. The differences are attributed to the timing of when fixed production 

overheads are expensed. 

If the inventory level is rising (i.e. the production quantity exceeds the sales quantity in 

the period), then the profit under absorption costing will be higher than that under4

marginal costing because a greater amount of fixed production overheads in the 

closing inventory is being deducted from the expenses of the period than is being 

brought forward in the opening inventory for the period. 

If inventory level is falling (i.e. the sales quantity exceeds the production quantity in 

the period), then the profit under marginal costing will be higher than that under 

absorption costing because a larger amount of fixed production overheads are 

brought forward as an expense in the opening inventory than is being deducted in the 

closing inventory adjustment

georgei assi
by georgei assi , مدير حسابات , المجموعة السورية

The Answer A

SREEDEVI SUNILKUMAR
by SREEDEVI SUNILKUMAR , Business finance officer , Emirates Airline

1. There is no opening or closing stocks

When there is no inventory at the beginning and the end of a period, or no changes in the levels of inventory in a period (i.e. the production quantity is equal to the sales quantity in the period), absorption costing and marginal costing provide the same profit figures for the period. 

 

Muhammad Hassaun
by Muhammad Hassaun , Shared Services Lead , M&P Express Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd.

1. There is no opening or closing stocks

 

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

No opening or closing stock

There are no opening and closing stocks, First one is true.

Ayman Esa Mustafa Farrag
by Ayman Esa Mustafa Farrag , مدير مالي , شركة الصفوف

1 is the correct answer,,,,,

priyanka kumari priyanka
by priyanka kumari priyanka , Team Lead - AML and Due deligence , Accenture - India

Answer is A

If their is no opening and losing balance.

Mukkaram Siddique
by Mukkaram Siddique , Finance, Management & Stocks , Amazon Foods Saudi Arabia

Option1.

Fluctuations in inventory give rise to the difference in resulting profits.

But

Apart from this if prices remain same both of the accounting systems give same periodic overall profits.

Jawad Qureshi
by Jawad Qureshi , Financial Consultant , AFAZA FZ LLC/Midas Safety Dubai

A

first answer is the answer

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