Problem 1 The Commonwealth Company uses a job-order cost system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate basedon the cost of materials used in production. At the beginning of the year‚ the following estimates were made as a basis for computing the predetermined overhead rate: manufacturing overhead cost‚$186‚000; direct materials cost‚$155‚000. The following transactions took place during the year (all purchases and services were acquired on account): a
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HomeWork Week 4 3.2 If a problem is discovered during the budgeting process the manager will be able to create a different plan‚ which will allow them to avoid the problem. 3.12 Predicting anticipated cash shortages is vital for a business. Budgeting allows us to gain an understanding of when these cash shortages might arise and how to best manage them. For example predicting a cash shortage ahead of time will allow applications for loans to be made and hopefully approved depending on current
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To: From: Subject: Case S2-1 assignment Date: Memo I watched How It’s Made and chose to tell you about artificial limbs. Job order costing is appropriate to use since artificial limbs are specially made for certain people of all different shapes‚ sizes and colors so each limb is unique. This company would need a cost system because there are many different steps needed to create the limb. A manager would need to decide how much each individual person who spent time making the limb would
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Chapter 2 Discussion Questions 1. What is the meaning of cost behavior and how does the variable cost behave differently than fixed cost (per unit & total)? Cost behavior is the change of cost relative to change in some extent of activity. The total fixed cost remains constant regardless of change in the volume of activity. However‚ the fixed cost per unit is inversely related to the change in the volume of activity. As the change in the volume of activity increases‚ the fixed cost per unit
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Individual Assignment 30% (40 marks) Question Spears Limited is engaged in manufacturing of special component (KWQ 12) be used in for calculators. As a step towards reducing uncertainty over the finance needs of the new business‚ the finance manager has asked you to prepare a cash budget for Spears Ltd for the nine (9) months period from 1 January 2014 till 30 September 2014. You have collected some raw data from the concerned department heads and tabulated them as follows: a)
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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requirement‚ we are assigned the topic “Carbon Accounting” by our course teacher for accomplishing our report. 1.2 Objectives of the report To attain the skill of report writing. To achieve deep knowledge about Carbon Accounting. To fulfill the partial requirement of our course of Accounting for Managers. 1.3 Methodology of the report This study was a descriptive research where we have been analyzed mainly secondary data to understand the Carbon Accounting and its application. All the data has
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Accounting Convergence: Advantages and Disadvantages Winston Churchill once said that “there is nothing wrong with change‚ if it is in the right direction” (Thinkexist.com) . Today‚ the accounting profession and standards in the United States is facing one of the biggest changes it has seen in a long time: the convergence of its Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Is this a step in the right direction for the United States
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Compendium of Accounting Standards (including Interpretations as on July 1‚ 2006) THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA NEW DELHI COPYRIGHT © THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated‚ reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form either in whole or in part or by any electronic‚ mechanical or other means‚ including photocopying and recording‚ or in any information storage and retrieval system‚ without
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theory of accounting. There are a number of accounting theories (though a systematic attempt has been made by Financial Accounting Board (FASB) of USA and IASC and other to formulate a comprehensive theory of accounting). The definition of Accounting Theory given by Hendriksen as “a set of broad principles that (i) provide a general frame of reference by which accounting practice can be evaluated‚ and (ii) guide the development of new practices and procedures” lead us to perceive accounting theory as
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