Chapter Six Businesses and Their Costs Study Questions: 1. Explain the difference between a plant‚ a firm‚ and an industry. Plant – establishments such as a factory‚ farm‚ mine or store. Firm – an organization that employs resources to produce goods/services for profit. Industry – group of firms that produce the same or similar products. 2. State the advantages and disadvantages of the corporate form of business. Advantages – most effective form of
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INTRODUCTION Cost accounting is an important tool in the management of any business firm or organization‚ which includes those in the small scaled industry. In the cause of our research instrument indicated the maintenance of improper and inadequate records coupled with the fact that cost methods used‚ through sometimes effective‚ were unconventional. For a small scale business to approach profit maximization level‚ it must be effective in cost control procedures and appropriate books
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Allocation of Fixed Costs ACC 403 Principles of Accounting The articles describe two different approaches: Lean accounting and activity based costing. Both have pros and cons and the selection of "what is best for allocating IT" likely rests with the culture and types of businesses. I personally believe that activity-based costing‚ which essentially casts IT as a variable cost‚ making users sensitive to the requests they make of IT because every request is an incremental cost to their budget
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Cost allocation is a method to determine the cost of services provided to users of that service. It does not determine the price of the service‚ but rather determines what the service costs to provide. It is important to determine the cost allocation of the services‚ in order to determine a justifiable fee/charge/tax for those services. Included in cost allocation are direct‚ indirect‚ and incremental costs. Direct costs‚ or separable costs‚ are costs that are related to a single type of service
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TYPES OF COST AUDIT * Cost Audit to assist Management : The main object of this type of cost audit is to make available accurate‚ relevant and prompt information to management to assist it in taking important managerial decisions. * Cost Audit on behalf of the Government: The government may appoint a cost auditor to conduct cost audit where it is necessary(a) to do so in the opinion of the government under section 233-B of the companies Act‚ 1956; (b) to ascertain correct cost of certain
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Construction assembles residential houses. It uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost categories (direct materials and direct labor) and one indirect-cost pool (assembly support). Direct labor-hours is the allocation base for assembly support costs. In December 2010‚ Amesbury budgets 2011 assembly-support costs to be $8‚300‚000 and 2011 direct labor-hours to be 166‚000. At the end of 2011‚ Amesbury is comparing the costs of several jobs that were started and completed in 2011. Laguna Model
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3/30/13 Cost Es+ma+ng and Control Prof. Omar El-‐Anwar Lecture #7: Cost Control Announcement • If you did not pass in a prerequisite: – Fill a waiver form – We are s+ll discussing the outcome with Derasat 3olya! • HCSS – The password is working fine …! 25-‐Sep-‐12 2 1
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COST CLASSIFICATION CONCEPT OF COST: DEFINITION: A SACRIFICE OR GIVING UP OF RESOURCES FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE FREQUENTLY MEASURED BY THE MONETARY UNITS (RUPEES‚ DOLLARS) THAT MUST BE PAID FOR GOODS AND SERVICES . ➢ EMPHASIS ON COST INFORMATION: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO COSTS BECAUSE COST HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN PLANNING ‚ EVALUATING AND DECISION MAKING. FOR EXAMPLE IN PLANNING THE ROUTE AND FLIGHT SCHEDULES THE MANAGER OF AN AIR LINE MUST CONSIDER
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Cost of Raising a Child Have you ever sat down and thought about how much a child costs to raise? If not‚ just think about it for a minute‚ how much it would cost to raise a baby from birth to after high school. For you it’s probably incredibly hard to even try thinking about; not even knowing where to start. Well here it is‚ depending on your income‚ it is going to take an average of $325‚000 to raise a child. (Give or take around $100‚000). When taking in consideration how much it costs to
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business control systems are: Capital Cost this is physical items and property. It is includes anything with life of three years and over. For example this can be lands/buildings‚ Vehicles‚ computers and other equipments. Revenue Costs this covers the costs of day-to day running the business. For example‚ fuels and maintenance of vehicles and equipments. it could also include salaries‚ advertising and promotion materials‚ and insurance. Indirect Cost this is the cost that directly invested or attributed
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