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    JOB ORDER COST SYSTEM (Accounting for Defective‚ Spoiled Goods and Scrap) Learning Objectives: 1. Review of Cost Accounting Cycle 2. Accounting for Defective Goods 3. Accounting for Spoiled Goods 4. Accounting for Scrap Learning Objective # 1 - Cost Accounting Cycle Cost Accumulation Method: - Product or Manufacturing Cost o Actual Cost System o Normal Cost System ▪ Physical

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    PROCESS COSTING-SINGLE DEPARTMENT INTRODUCTION In process costing system‚ a large number of homogenous products passed through several production departments where each department is responsible for one or more operations that bring a product one step closer to completion. In each department‚ materials‚ labor and overhead inputs may be needed and upon completion of a particular process‚ the partially completed goods are transferred to another process. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF JOB ORDER

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    1. Define and explain the meaning of a predetermined manufacturing overhead rate that is applied in a job-order costing system. The predetermined overhead rate is used for estimating the manufacturing overhead cost because companies cannot assign the actual overhead cost to specific job. From the case‚ Wall Décor uses a traditional job-order costing system. The actual costs of direct materials and direct labor are charged to its specific jobs which are unframed prints‚ steel-framed with no matting

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    ACCT283B group project Chapter 18: Process Costing Abstract This paper identifies the key points on Process Costing. It covers over various topics like the flow of costs through a process costing system‚ how to calculate equivalent units of production for direct materials and conversion costs‚ the preparation of a production cost report‚ and how to prepare journal entries for a process costing system. Examples will also be shown on how process costing is used in the real world through

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    Chapter 2 Case 1: Greetings Inc.: Job Order Costing Solution: 1. As seen in the case‚ using a traditional job-order costing system Wall Décor charges the actual costs of direct materials and direct labor to its specific jobs- unframed prints‚ steel-framed and no matting prints‚ wood-framed and mating prints. Since costs of manufacturing overhead related to production operations as whole‚ these costs cannot be assigned to specific jobs on the basis of actual costs incurred. Instead‚ Wall

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    decide whether or not to introduce the new product. As an example‚ based on the market condition‚ TMCA want to produce new model of car named Corolla Ascent 4D Sedan at a selling price of $20‚740. 3. Establishing a Target Profit for the product Marketing department plays an important role in determining the target cost of the new product. After estimating the target selling price‚ the company has to estimate the sales volume in order to calculate the total sales revenue. From the total sales

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    PROCESS COSTING DR. ALOK DIXIT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW COSTING SYSTEMS USED TO DETERMINE PRODUCT COSTS Costing Systems Process Costing Job-order Costing Mass production of identical or similar products (at process-level). For example‚ Sugar‚ food‚ chemical industry. Many units of a single‚ homogeneous product flow evenly through continuous production process(s). One unit of product is indistinguishable (at process-level) from any other unit of product. Each unit

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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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    Chapter 7 Notes Page 1 Variable Costing Absorption As we have seen in previous chapters‚ when you manufacture your own inventory‚ the cost of that inventory includes all of the costs associated with running the factory that produces the inventory. Generally‚ no part of the factory cost is expensed. Instead‚ it is capitalized as the cost of the inventory produced. It is only expensed when the inventory is sold. At that point the cost of the inventory becomes Cost of Goods Sold. This system is

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    used for costing products for the purpose of valuing inventories and cost of goods sold. One approach is called absorption costing. Absorption costing is generally used for external financial reports. The other approach called variable costing is preferred by some companies for internal decision making and must be used when an income statement is prepared in the contribution format. Ordinarily absorption costing and variable costing produce different figures for net income and the difference can be

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