The sales department of A Limited is analysing the customer profitability for its Product Z. It has decided to analyse the profitability of its five…
CA Intermediate · Cost and Management Accounting · RTP · May 2024
The sales department of A Limited is analysing the customer profitability for its Product Z. It has decided to analyse the profitability of its five new customers using activity-based costing method. It buys Product Z at 5,400 per unit and sells to retail customers at a listed price of 6,480 per unit. The data pertaining to five customers are: Customers A B C D E Units sold 4,500 6,000 9,500 7,500 12,750 Listed Selling Price 6,480 6,480 6,480 6,480 6,480 Actual Selling Price 6,480 6,372 5,940 6,264 5,832 Number of Purchase orders 15 25 30 25 30 Number of Customer visits 2 3 6 2 3 Number of deliveries 10 30 60 40 20 Kilometers travelled per delivery 20 6 5 10 30 Number of expedited deliveries 0 0 0 0 1 After a detailed analysis and computation, the following activities has been identified and respective cost has been calculated: Activity Cost Driver Rate Order taking 4,500 per purchase order Customer visits 3,600 per customer visit Deliveries 7.50 per delivery Km travelled Product handling 22.50 per case sold Expedited deliveries 13,500 per expedited delivery You are required to COMPUTE the customer-level operating income of each of five retail customers.
Suggested Answer and Working Notes:
(a) 1. Computation of revenues (at listed price), discount, cost of goods sold and customer level operating activities costs: Customers A B C D E Units sold: (a) 4,500 6,000 9,500 7,500 12,750 Revenues (at listed price) (₹): (b) {(a) × ₹ 6,480)} 2,91,60,000 3,88,80,000 6,15,60,000 4,86,00,000 8,26,20,000 Revenues (at listed price) (₹): (c) {(a) x Actual selling price)} 2,91,60,000 3,82,32,000 (6,000 × 6,372) 5,64,30,000 (9,500 × 5,940) 4,69,80,000 (7,500 × 6,264) 7,43,58,000 (12,750 × 5,832) Discount (₹) (d) { (b) - (c)} 0 6,48,000 51,30,000 16,20,000 82,62,000 Cost of goods sold (₹): (e) {(a) x 5,400} 2,43,00,000 3,24,00,000 5,13,00,000 4,05,00,000 6,88,50,000 Customer level operating activities costs Order taking costs (₹): (No. of purchase orders × ₹ 4,500) 67,500 1,12,500 1,35,000 1,12,500 1,35,000 Customer visits costs (₹) (No. of customer visits x 3,600) 7,200 10,800 21,600 7,200 10,800 Delivery vehicles travel costs (₹) (Kms travelled by delivery vehicles X 7.50 per km.) 1,500 1,350 2,250 3,000 4,500 Product handling costs (₹) {(a) x 22.50} 1,01,250 1,35,000 2,13,750 1,68,750 2,86,875 Cost of expediting deliveries (₹) {No. of expedited deliveries x 13,500} - - - - 13,500 Total cost of customer level operating activities (₹) 1,77,450 2,59,650 3,72,600 2,91,450 4,50,675 Computation of Customer level operating income Customers A (₹) B (₹) C (₹) D (₹) E (₹) Revenues (At list price) (Refer to working note) 2,91,60,000 3,82,32,000 5,64,30,000 4,69,80,000 7,43,58,000 Less: Cost of goods sold (Refer to working note) (2,43,00,000) (3,24,00,000) (5,13,00,000) (4,05,00,000) (6,88,50,000) Gross margin 48,60,000 58,32,000 51,30,000 64,80,000 55,08,000 Less: Customer level operating activities costs (Refer to working note) (1,77,450) (2,59,650) (3,72,600) (2,91,450) (4,50,675) Customer level operating income 46,82,550 55,72,350 47,57,400 61,88,550 50,57,325
Topics: Activity Based Costing
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