Reconciling marginal and absorption costing profits
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If inventory levels increase,absorption costing gives the higher profit.
This is because in absorption costing,fixed overheads held in closing inventory are carried forward to the nextaccounting period instead of being written off as a period cost in the currentaccounting period as in marginal costing.
If inventory levels decrease,marginal costing gives the higher profit.
This is because fixed overhead broughtforward in opening inventory is released, thereby increasing cost of sales andreducing profits.
If inventory levels are constant,both methods give the same profit.



