Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting
2.2.2Absorption costing
Absorption costing in Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 2.2.2.1Distinguish a cost centre from a cost unit and allocate and apportion overheads between production and service departments.
- 2.2.2.2Calculate overhead absorption rates and the under- or over-absorption of overheads, and prepare costing and profit statements using absorption costing.
- 2.2.2.3Explain the uses and limitations of absorption costing, its usefulness for decisions and the significance of non-financial factors.
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Absorption costing statements and profit; uses and limitations
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Over- and under-absorption of overheads
50 min
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Overhead absorption rates
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Overhead allocation, apportionment and reapportionment
55 min
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