Marginal and Absorption Costing Methods
The main difference between marginal costing and absorption costing is that Under Marginal costing all the fixed cost is treated as period cost whereas under Absorption costing the fixed cost is treated as product cost.
Marginal Costing | Absorption Costing |
Direct Material + Direct Labor + Variable FOH
Manufacturing cost (other than fixed part of Overheads) treated as cost for stock valuation and non-manufacturing plus fixed part of overheads cost charged to income statement
SaleXXX Less- Cost of Goods Sold: Direct Material XXX Direct Labor XXX Variable Factory Overhead Applied XXX(XXX) Variable Cost of Good Manufactured XXX Add – Opening Finished GoodsXXX Less – Closing Finished Goods (XXX) Gross ContributionXXX Less – Variable selling & administration overhead (XXX) Net Contribution XXX Less – Operating Expenses: Selling overhead (Fixed) XXX Factory overhead (Fixed) XXX Administration overhead (Fixed) XXX(XXX) Operating Profit/ Net Profit XXX
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Direct Material + Direct Labor + Total FOH Manufacturing cost treated as cost for stock valuation and non-manufacturing cost charged to income statement
Sale XXX Less- Cost of Goods Sold: Direct Material (XXX) Direct Labor (XXX) Factory Overhead Applied (Fixed + Variable)(XXX) Cost of Good Manufactured XXX Add – Opening Finished Goods XXX Less – Closing Finished Goods (XXX) Cost of Goods Sold XXX Add – Under Applied XXX Less –Over Applied (XXX) Gross Profit XXX Less – Operating Expenses: Selling overhead (Fixed + Variable) XXX Administration overhead (Fixed + Variable) XXX(XXX) Operating Profit/ Net Profit XXX
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RECONCILIATION
Net income (Absorption costing) XXX
Less- Difference in closing stock (XX) Add- Difference in opening stock XXX Net income (Marginal costing) XXX
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If closing inventory figure is greater than opening inventory, then absorption costing profit will be greater than marginal costing profit due to fixed overhead in the closing stock. If closing inventory figure is less than opening inventory, then absorption costing profit will be less than marginal costing profit. If closing inventory figure equals opening inventory then absorption costing profit will be equal to marginal costing profit