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During the month of September Mont Blanc produces 20,000 units at a fixed costs of £16 per unit.

The management expects rise in sale during Christmas therefore decides to increase the production to40,000 units. What will be the fixed costs  if it decides to go ahead.

A) increase to £32 per unit 

B) remain at £16 per unit 

C) decrease to £8 per unit 

D) total  £640,000

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Question added by IMRAN ALI MOHAMMED , Accounts Officer , M/s. Euro Glazing Ltd
Date Posted: 2015/09/14
Ali Raza
by Ali Raza , Trainee Auditor , RIAZ & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (INT Associate of Comprobase)

C) decrease to £8 per unit 

mohamed Hakim CMA CPA Candidate
by mohamed Hakim CMA CPA Candidate , Accounting Manager , Andersen saudi arabia

it depends on Maximum Capacity

if fixed cost cover Capacity for40000 unit so ,,,

 

when continues production fixed cost per unit will decrease to8 £ 

 

also Total Fixed Cost  will remain the same when production  of20000 units *16 £ =320,000  

                                                                                                     40000  units *8  £ = 320,000

 

 

Kawshik Anwar
by Kawshik Anwar , Senior Manager, Operations , Corporate Communications

decrease to £8 per unit as the fixed cost remain same whether production is doubled or reduced to half, if fixed asset is not increased.

Anuj Gupta
by Anuj Gupta , Credit Controller , Atlas Printing Press LLC

The answer is C it will decrease to8 pounds per unit

Hariharan Pathmanathan
by Hariharan Pathmanathan , Senior Financial Accountant/Analyst , Shanfari & Partners Co. LLC

Correct answer C. decrease to * pounds per unit

Ahmed kandil
by Ahmed kandil , Cost Controller , Battour Holding Cpompany

C) decrease to £8 per unit 

because fixed cost per unit decrease by increase in production 

 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

The correct answer is C decrease to8 per unit

 

ie -  0* =,

,/0 units =8 per unit

 

Ramesh Potharla
by Ramesh Potharla , CHIEF ACCOUNTANT , AL MUQADIMAH TRADING LLC

Decreases to8, as they spent to,/- to produce0. and to produce0 also they spends, only as it is fixed

Murtaza Sidhpur wala
by Murtaza Sidhpur wala , Accountant and Inventory Manager , Khalid -Al-Dabbus Tailoring Material Co. W.L.L

(A) when there any change in the quantity of production the fixed cost remains same in total i.e

here on producing20,000 units the total fixed cost is3,20,000 £ and that would remain same on any level of producton whether it is above20000 units or below20000 units although the fixed cost per unit will come down to8 £ 

  • Asset is shows,the unit per.

  • above5,0000unit or below5,0000unit.

JULIUS MURE MWARO
by JULIUS MURE MWARO , ACCOUNTANT , said abeid said & co.

correct answer is (b) remain at16per unit

 

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