CHAPTER 4 PROBLEMS Q(4-1): Explain the primary difference between job-order and process costing ? Job-order costing * Costs accumulated by the job. * Work in process has a job-cost sheet for each job. * Many unique‚ high cost jobs. * Jobs built to customer order. Process costing * Costs accumulated by department or process. * Work in process has a production report for each batch of products. * A few identical‚ low cost products. *
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job’s cost according to the accounting system? 5. Direct labor made up $8‚000 of the $40‚000 ending Work in Process inventory balance. Supply the information missing below: Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ ? Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8‚000 Manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . ? Work in process inventory . . . . . . . $40‚000 SOLUTION: 1. a. [pic]
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Chapter 10 Study Notes Standard: a benchmark or ‘norm’ for measuring performance (what we expect to happen).Using these standards we have Quantity and Price Standards. Quantity Standards: how much of an input should be used in manufacturing a unit of product or in providing a unit of service (similar to a cook recipe: list of items and how much to use) Cost (Price) Standards: the cost (purchase price) of the units should be (how much we expect to pay for a particular item) Management
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Chapter 1 Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making Solutions to Review Questions 1-1. Financial accounting is designed to provide information about the firm to external users. External users include investors‚ creditors‚ government authorities‚ regulators‚ customers‚ competitors‚ suppliers‚ labor unions‚ and so on. Cost accounting systems are designed to provide information to internal users (managers). This difference is important‚ because it affects the design of the systems. Financial
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Student Answer: Choice A. Choice B. Choice C. Choice D. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 3 Points Received: 0 of 5 Comments: Question 2. Question : (TCO F) Process costing would be appropriate for each of the following except: Student Answer: custom furniture manufacturing. oil refining. grain milling. newsprint production. Instructor Explanation: Chapter 4 Points Received: 5 of 5 Comments: Question 3. Question : (TCO F) Unizat Corporation uses the
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Chapter 9 Profit Planning and Activity-Based Budgeting McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objective 1 9-2 Learning objective 1 • List and explain five purposes of budgeting systems. Purposes of Budgeting Systems Budget Budget a detailed plan‚ expressed in quantitative terms‚ that specifies how resources will be acquired and used during a specified period of time. 1. Planning 2. Facilitating Communication and Coordination 3
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overhead allocation rate using the 1987 model year budget. Calculate the overhead allocation rate for each of the model years 1988 through 1990. Are the changes since 1987 in overhead allocation rates significant? Why have these changes occurred? Solution: Based on the given info we calculate Overhead Allocation Rate =Overhead for PeriodAllocation Base for Period for each allocation bases vis. Sales‚ Direct Material and Direct Labor Year | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | Sales | $330‚154 | $351
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Chapter 3 Solutions‚ 3rd day Exercise 3-13 (15 minutes) 1. | Actual manufacturing overhead costs | | $ 48‚000 | | Manufacturing overhead applied: 10‚000 MH × $5 per MH | | 50‚000 | | Overapplied overhead cost | | $ 2‚000 | | | | | 2. | Direct materials: | | | | Raw materials inventory‚ beginning | $ 8‚000 | | | Add: Purchases of raw materials | 32‚000 | | | Raw materials available for use | 40‚000 | | | Deduct: Raw materials inventory
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Q1: There are two different types of cost accounting systems: Job order cost systems and process cost systems. How does management decide whether to use a job order cost system or a process cost system in any given manufacturing situation? Explain. Job order cost system is used in situations where many different products are produced each period. For example‚ a Levi Strauss clothing factory would typically make many different types of jeans for both men and women during a month. A particular order
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certain that the marriage wouldn’t last‚ and expected Chris would be back any day. But time is passing quickly‚ and there is still no word from the desert. The President‚ desperately needing the budget completed‚ has approached you‚ a management accounting student‚ for help in preparing the budget for the coming fiscal year. Your conversations with the President and your investigations of the company’s records have revealed the following information: 1. Peak months for sales correspond with gift-giving
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