A company's budgeted data for the period are shown in the table below.

There is a stepped increase in fixed overheads of $10,000 when production exceeds 52,000 units.
Actual production for the period was 60,000 units.
What is the flexed budgeted cost for the period?
Give your answer as a whole number (in '000s).

A healthcare company specializes in hip, knee and shoulder replacement operations, known as surgical procedures. As well as providing these surgical procedures the company offers pre operation and post operation in-patient care, in a fully equipped hospital, for those patients who will be undergoing the surgical procedures.
Surgeons are paid a fixed fee for each surgical procedure they perform and an additional amount for any follow-up consultations. Post procedure follow-up consultations are only undertaken if there are any complications in relation to the surgical procedure. There is no additional fee charged to patients for any follow up consultations. All other staff are paid annual salaries.
The company's existing costing system uses a single overhead rate, based on revenue, to charge the costs of support activities to the procedures. Concern has been raised about the inaccuracy of procedure costs and the company's accountant has initiated a project to implement an activity-based costing (ABC) system.
The project team has collected the following data on each of the procedures.

Calculate the profit per procedure for each of the three procedures, using the current basis for charging the costs of support activities to procedures.
What was the profit for the knee procedure?

A company sells and services photocopying machines. Its sales department sells the machines and consumables, including ink and paper, and its service department provides an after sales service to its customers. The after sales service includes planned maintenance of the machine and repairs in the event of a machine breakdown. Service department customers are charged an amount per copy that differs depending on the size of the machine.
The company's existing costing system uses a single overhead rate, based on total sales revenue from copy charges, to charge the cost of the Service Department's support activities to each size of machine.
The Service Manager has suggested that the copy charge should more accurately reflect the costs involved. The company's accountant has decided to implement an activity-based costing system and has obtained the following information about the support activities of the service department:

Calculate the annual profit per machine for each of the three sizes of machine, using the current basis for charging the costs of support activities to machines.

The following information is available about direct material T for the last period.

A JIT purchasing system is in operation.
Calculate the actual price paid per kg of material T.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

A small manufacturing company makes a single product. Direct labour costs and factory rent account for
80% and 15% of total cost respectively. Activity levels have not varied by more than 5% for a number of years and there is no evidence of operational inefficiency.
Which of the following is the most appropriate approach to budgeting for this company?