A Level Accounting (9706)•9706/11/O/N/23

Explanation
Job pricing with overhead and markup as percentages of selling price Steps:
- Calculate direct labour cost: 30 × 420
- Calculate total direct cost: 420 = $1420
- Overhead (10%) + markup (30%) = 40% of selling price, so direct cost = 60% of selling price
- Selling price = 2366.67 (rounded to $2366) Why D is correct:
- Follows the formula SP = direct costs ÷ (1 − overhead % − markup %), treating both as portions of sales for full recovery. Why the others are wrong:
- A: Adds 10% only to materials (420 = $1520), ignores labour overhead and full markup
- B: Applies overhead and markup to labour only (420 × 1.1 × 1.3 ≈ 1620), ignores markup on materials
- C: Adds percentages directly to direct costs (2030 or 1978 ≈ $1976), compounds incorrectly
Final answer: D
Topic: Traditional costing methods
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