four financial statements is your favorite and why?" Business - Accounting Alternative Costing Methods The text presents job and processing costing systems as virtual “polar extremes‚” there are many situations where it may be best for a company to use a hybrid system that combines attributes of both systems. Describe such a situation and discuss how the hybrid system may be better than either pure job or pure process systems. Think Twice Assume you own a business that makes two
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"Select a costing method: process‚ job‚ or activity based. Describe the nature of your chosen method. What types of organizations should choose that method? How is this method different from the costing methods you did not choose? Use your selected costing method to create a real-life business management scenario that includes realistic numbers. What management decisions may one make based on your scenario?" Business - Accounting Alternative Costing Methods The text presents job and processing
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Top of Form Grade Details - All Questions Page: 1 2 Question 1. Question : (TCO F) For which situation(s) below would an organization be more likely to use a job-order costing system of accumulating product costs rather than a process costing system? Student Answer: A steel factory that processes iron ore into steel bars A factory that processes sugar and other ingredients into black licorice A costume maker that makes specialty costumes for figure skaters
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Job Order Cost System There are two main cost accounting systems used: Job order cost systems and Process cost systems. Both have very distinct differences that help each specialize in a certain type of manufacturing company. The job order cost system in particular is used to "provide product costs for each quantity of a product that is manufactured." When a product is called to be manufactured‚ then it is called a job. Once the job is ordered‚ the manufacturing company must go through a flow
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Hogle Company – Job Order Costing Example Hogle Company is a manufacturing firm that uses job-order costing. On January 1‚ the beginning of its fiscal year‚ the company’s inventory balances were as follows: Raw materials $20‚000 Work in process 15‚000 Finished goods 30‚000 Prepaid Insurance 10‚000 The company applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours worked. For the current year‚ the company estimated that it would work 75‚000 machine hours and incur $450
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------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5—Job Order Costing MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following organizations would be most likely to use a job-order costing system? a. | the loan department of a bank | b. | the check clearing department of a bank | c. | a manufacturer of processed cheese food | d. | a manufacturer of video cassette tapes | ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate OBJ: 5-1 NAT: AACSB: Reflective Thinking LOC: AICPA Functional
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Introduction: Process costing is a form of operations costing which is used where standardized homogeneous goods are produced. This costing method is used in industries like chemicals‚ textiles‚ steel‚ rubber‚ sugar‚ shoes‚ petrol etc. Process costing is also used in the assembly type of industries also. It is assumed in process costing that the average cost presents the cost per unit. Cost of production during a particular period
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TOTAL ASSET MANAGEMENT Life Cycle Costing Guideline September 2004 TAM04-10 Life Cycle Costing Guideline September 2004 TAM04-10 ISBN 0 7313 3325 X (set) ISBN 0 7313 3272 5 1. 2. 3. I. Asset management – New South Wales. Capital Investment. Public administration – New South Wales Title. (Series : TAM 2004) This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968‚ no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from
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Introduction to Standard Costing Standard costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company’s costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead. Rather than assigning the actual costs of direct material‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead to a product‚ many manufacturers assign the expected or standard cost. This means that a manufacturer’s inventories and cost of goods sold will begin with amounts reflecting
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types of cost accounting systems? 3. What type of industry is likely to use a job order cost system? Give some examples. 4. What type of industry is likely to use a process cost system? Give some examples. 5. Your roommate asks your help in understanding the major steps in the flow of costs in a job order cost system. Identify the steps for your roommate. 6. There are two inventory control accounts in a job order system. Identify the control accounts and their subsidiary ledgers. 7. What
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