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A few questions concerning the costing sheet:

1. If a change in the basic structure of the of the costing sheet is required by the customer is it recommended to do the change within a current business period or would it be better to wait until the year end closing has been done? 

2. What cost components are conformable to german HGB law in order to determine correct production costs for the produced articles. For example a calculative machinery depreciation from the cost accounting can not be considered in the surcharge for amortization within the costing sheet.
Can the calculation of the basic cost price be matched/reconciled with the cost accounting results at all?

3. What is a proper way to verify the current machine hour rate (maybe from the cost accounting data) in order to update the cost categories with proper values for future production cost calculations?

4.  Is it possible to build a costing sheet in which the production cost price and the net cost price (including sales and administration surcharge) is calculated but only the production cost price is created as outstanding Basic cost price when running the calculation version? Because if I am not mistaken, according to german law the material costs with which you value your products should not include the sales and admin. surcharge?

Thank you very much!

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    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello Juergen,

    Here some comments:

    No 1: As the costing sheet has an influence on your inventory valuation you have to clarify whether you have a significant problem that needs to be fixed immediately. Depending on the outcome you might have to implement changes immediately. Please note that such a change can have a considerable influence on e.g. open production orders. You should thus test this change before in a test environment. Also note that government agencies are only interested in annual data. For that reason it might be easier to do some manual accounting adjustments at year and and change the setup for the following year.

    No 2: Please have a look at the following Website, which is a good starting point: de.wikipedia.org/.../Herstellungskosten

    No 3: This requires some effort. For Details on what to include in the machine hour rate please have a look at this website: de.wikipedia.org/.../Maschinenstundensatz.  

    No 4: This is possible. Please note that the sales and administration surcharges are needed to calculate sales prices. So, if you setup your costing sheet simply with the cost elements (categories) that you require and if you setup your cost categories with different profit settings you can calculate cost and sales prices at the same time in AX and get your valuation right.

    Hope it helps,

    Ludwig

  • Juergen Weber Profile Picture
    2 on at

    Hello Ludwig,

    Thank you very much for your reply. It really helped me a lot.

  • Juergen Weber Profile Picture
    2 on at

    Hello!

    I have a further question to the machine hour rate.
    Once I have calculated the rate for certain maschines or maschine Groups, what is the best way to apply them to the calculation of the finish product?

    a) Include the machine hour rate in a resource and then include the resource in a work step of the routes of the finish product or

    b) Setup the machine hour rate as a surcharge or rate in the costing sheet?

    What is the proper way or best practise?

    Another question would be if it is possible to implement an activity based costing or at least an activity oriented product calculation in AX? If possible is there a brief instruction possible how that could be implemented?  

    Thank you very much!

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    danielleo Profile Picture
    5 on at

    If a change in the basic structure of the costing sheet is required by the customer, it is generally recommended to assess the impact and urgency of the change. If the change is minor and can be implemented without causing significant disruptions to the ongoing business operations, it may be feasible to make the change within the current business period. However, if the change is substantial and has the potential to affect the financial reporting or accounting processes, it might be more prudent to wait until the year-end closing has been completed.

    Waiting until the year-end closing allows for a clean transition and ensures that the financial statements accurately reflect the changes made. It also provides an opportunity to thoroughly review and validate the new costing structure before incorporating it into the financial reports. Ultimately, the decision should be based on a careful assessment of the specific circumstances, the significance of the change, and the potential impact on financial reporting accuracy and timelines. https://nachrichtenmorgen.de/

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