CIMA BA3 Syllabus C. PREPARATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR SINGLE ENTITIES - Costs included in valuing inventories - Notes 16 / 20
Cost
The cost of inventories will consist of all the following costs
Purchase
Costs of conversion
Other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition, e.g. carriage inwards.
Carriage inwards costs are delivery charges paid by the organisation on goods that it buys - these will be included in the purchase price of the inventory.
Carriage outwards costs are delivery charges on items that the organisation sells, these are debited to a separate 'carriage outwards account' and are treated as an expense that will be transferred to the statement of profit or loss at the end of the period.
Costs of purchase
IAS 2 lists the following as comprising the costs of purchase of inventories
Purchase price; plus
Import duties and other taxes; plus
Transport, handling and any other cost directly attributable to the acquisition of finished goods, services and materials; less
Trade discounts, rebates and other similar amounts
Costs of conversion
Costs of conversion of inventories consist of two main parts
Costs directly related to the units of production, e.g. direct materials, direct labour
Fixed and variable production overheads that are incurred in converting materials into finished goods, allocated on a systematic basis.
Fixed production overheads are those indirect costs of production that remain relatively constant regardless of the volume of production, e.g. the cost of factory management and administration.
Variable production overheads are those indirect costs of production that vary directly, or nearly directly, with the volume of production, e.g. indirect materials and labour. (IAS 2)
Net Realisable Value
The net realisable value of an item is essentially its net selling proceeds after all costs have been deducted.
It is calculated as:
$ | |
estimated selling price | x |
less: estimated costs of completion | (x) |
less: estimated selling and distribution costs | (x) |
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As a general rule, assets should not be carried at amounts greater than those expected to be realised from their sale or use.
In the case of inventories this amount could fall below cost when items are damaged or become obsolete, or where the costs to completion have increased in order to make the sale.