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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in your cost of goods sold figure.) What options are available for disposing of underapplied or overapplied overhead? 4. Job 137 was started and completed during the year. What price would have been charged to the customer if the job required $3‚200 in materials and $4‚200 in direct labor cost‚ and the company priced its jobs at 40% above the 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
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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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Textbook case: Managerial Accounting for Managers‚ 2nd edition Noreen‚ Brewer and Garrison (McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ 2008). Case 4-33 Cost Structure; Target profit and Break-Even Analysis Contribution Income Statement for all three scenarios: 15% commission 20% commission Own sales force Sales $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 Variable manuf. cost $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 Commissions $2‚400‚000 $3‚200‚000 $1‚200‚000 -Tot. variable cost ($9‚600‚000)
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Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting: Tools for Decision Making Discussion QUESTIONS Q1-1. Financial accounting is oriented toward external users and is concerned with general-purpose financial statements. These financial accounting statements are highly aggregated‚ report on relatively long time periods‚ are oriented toward the past‚ and must conform to external standards. These standards emphasize the use of objective data. Management accounting is oriented toward internal users and is
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MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY Halifax‚ Nova Scotia Department of Business & Tourism Business 3320 (All sections) Managerial Accounting I Course Outline Fall 2013 Welcome to BUSI3320 Managerial Accounting Why study Managerial Accounting? As a manager (current or future) you will need accounting information to help you make decisions that will enhance your organization. You will learn how to develop and apply this information in the real world. Hopefully you will learn critical thinking skills
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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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Time Value of Money Q1. Mr. Sundaram is planning to retire this year. His company can pay him a lump sum retirement payments of Rs 2‚ 00‚000 or Rs 25‚000 life time annuity whichever he chooses. Mr. Sundaram is in good health and estimates to live for at least 20 more years. If his interest rate is 12%‚ which alternative should he choose? Ans Present Value of Annuity 25000*7.469*1.12 = 2‚09‚132 Which is greater than lump sum value of Rs. 2‚00‚000. So Annuity option is better
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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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BE12-1‚ BE12-4‚ BE12-5‚ BE12-6 Exercise: E12-5 BE 12-1 $450‚000 ÷ $50‚000 = 9 years BE 12-4 | | CashFlows | X | 9% DiscountFactor | = | PresentValue | | | | | | | | Present value of net annual cash flowsPresent value of salvage valueCapital investmentNet present value | | $34‚000 0 | XX | 5.53482 .50187 | == | ($188‚184)( 0)( 188‚184)( 200‚000)($ (11‚816) | The reduction in downtime would have to have a present value of at least $11‚816 in order for the project
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