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Explain the statement:"Fixed cost per unit is variable but variable cost per unit is fixed"?

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Question added by Hossam Mohamed , Senior Accountant , Allied Arab Assurance Brokerage
Date Posted: 2015/08/11
Saidul Alam
by Saidul Alam , Accountant , Akhtar Al Balushi Trad. & Cont. L.L.C

Suppose

Variable per unit is $5

Fixed cost $100 for25 unit.

 

If we produce10 units then

Variable cost is cost per unit is $5

Fixed cost per unit is = (100/10 )= $10

 

Again

If we produce20 units then

Variable cost is cost per unit is $5

Fixed cost per unit is = (100/20 )= $5.

 

So variable cost per unit is Fixed but fixed cost per unit is variable( $10 fro10 unit , $5 for20 Unit ).

 

Ahmer Zamir
by Ahmer Zamir , Consultant , Saleem Associates & Co

The fixed is based estimated budgets or standard at particular activity level.for example if the estimated budgeted fixed cost at an100% activity level on production of50,000  units is500,000 if the firm attains the activity level of80% and production is40,000 units then the unit fixed cost is =500,000/40,000 =12.5 if the production increases  to50,000 the unit fixed will be decreased =500,000/50,000=10 per unit .The unit fixed cost decreases with increase of production 

Conversely the unit variable cost whether material or labour increase  or decrease  with change in  production and but unit cost is fixed which doesn't change as change in production.Because rate of material usage or labour hours required to produce a single are fixed whether to produce produce40,000 units or more.

 

Md. Moshiur Rahman Sumon
by Md. Moshiur Rahman Sumon , Assistant General Manager( Corporate Finance & Head of Internal Audit) , Progressive Life Insurance Company Limited

At any activity(100%)  level fixed cost is defined by  budgeted figure that's mean when any operational level is made then fixed cost also changes profoundly .So fixed cost per unit is variable.

On the other hand variable cost per unit does always show / consider as fixed where as nothing does pursue to increase or decrease cost per unit. Hence Variable cost per unit is fixed.

Simply we say any operational /activity level does pursue the fixed cost per unit but activity level does not demonstrative change in per unit cost.

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