1) Before answering this question lets review the job and process costing sytems: Job order cost system: • Jobs are assigned to each job or batch • A job may be for a specific order of inventory Process cost system : • This cost system is generally used when a large volume of similar products are manufactured Answers: a. A custom yacht builder – job order costing b. A golf course designer – job order costing c. A potato chip
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Problem 19-2: Vt. Sugar Enterprises Given: Syrup Sugar Total Units produced 20‚000 1‚000 21‚000 Unit selling price $15.00 $2.00 Total process costs: After split-off $12‚000 $280 $12‚280 Joint costs $100‚000 a. Calculate the cost of the syrup if the sugar is considered a by-product and the gross margin from its sale is considered to be a reduction of syrup costs. Products Sales Value Costs beyond split-off Difference Joint costs allocation Syrup $300‚000 12‚000 288‚000
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Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting‚ the Business Organization‚ and Professional Ethics Management accounting produces information for managers within an organization. Financial accounting produces information for external parties‚ such as stockholders‚ suppliers‚ banks‚ and government regulatory agencies. What kind of accounting information do managers need to achieve their goals and objectives? Good accounting information helps answer three types of questions: 1. Scorecard questions 2. Attention-directing
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Chapter 1—Introduction to Managerial Accounting TRUE/FALSE 1. Management accounting information is only used by manufacturing organizations. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy OBJ: LO: 1-1 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: AICPA: BB-Industry | IMA: Business Applications | ACBSP: APC-25-Managerial Characteristics/Terminology KEY: Bloom’s: Knowledge NOT: 1 min. 2. The managerial activity of monitoring a plan’s implementation and taking corrective action as needed is referred to as decision making
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OL3210--Principles of Managerial Accounting—unit 2 complete There are various ways that financial statement information is presented in this article on Nokia. The first way I see is in the Good News section on page 1 “the bulk of its revenues—more than quadrupled‚ from $2.1 billion in 1993 to $8.7 billion last year (1997)‚” and on say “the recent June quarter surging to $616 million‚ up 76% from the same quarter in 1997” this is an partial example of an horizontal analysis (Stone‚ 1998). A horizontal
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CHAPTER 3 Product Costing and Cost Accumulation in a Batch Production Environment ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 3-1 (a) Use in financial accounting: In financial accounting‚ product costs are needed to determine the value of inventory on the balance sheet and to compute the cost-of-goods-sold expense on the income statement. b) Use in managerial accounting: In managerial accounting‚ product costs are needed for planning‚ for cost control‚ and for decision making. c) Use in cost
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The Manager and Management Accounting BUSI 0028 Sem 2‚ 2012/13 Dr. Olivia Leung © 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Accounting Discipline Overview Managerial accounting—measures‚ analyzes‚ and reports financial and nonfinancial information to help managers make decisions to fulfill organizational goals. Managerial accounting need not be GAAP compliant. Financial accounting—focus on reporting to external users including investors‚ creditors‚ and governmental
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Managerial and Financial Accounting Report FIN540 Accounting for Managerial Decision Making Abstract Financial accounting develops account information that is used by external parties such as stockholders‚ suppliers‚ banks‚ and government regulatory agencies in their decision-making. Management accounting develops confidential accounting information that is used by managers within an organization. Management accounting is a complex process of identifying‚ accumulating and analyzing information
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Introduction The purpose of management accounting in the organization is to support competitive decision making by collecting‚ processing‚ and communicating information that helps management plan‚ control‚ and evaluate business processes and company strategy. The interesting thing about management accounting is that it is rare to find an individual within a company with the title of “management accountant.” Often many individuals function as accountants within the organization‚ but these individuals
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ACC201 Principles of Managerial Accounting Assignment Type: Individual or Group Words: 1500 words for individual or 2800 or 4200 words for a group of two or three members‚ respectively. Presentation: Both hardcopy and softcopy should be presented on the due date. The hardcopy should handle to me and the softcopy to the Turnitin (as software to check out the plagiarism)by the due date. The instruction for how to submit to the Turnitin will be provided you later through my web space.
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