their operations into cost or profit centers. It is a management and strategic decision for companies to decide which divisions should be cost centers and which ones should be profit centers. . A cost center may actually provide services that could generate a profit if they were offered on the open market. But in most corporate environments‚ cost centers are not expected to generate a profit and operation costs are treated as overhead. Departments that are typically cost centers include information
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Running head: VARIABLE COSTS Variable Costs ACC/561 June 12‚ 2012 Variable Costs Any cost which is not fixed and will change in same amount when there is change in production volume is accounted as variable costs. This also means that they change in total rather than per unit whenever there is production or activity change. In production- labor‚ material or overhead could be the variable costs involved in the business. In Fitness center‚ there are different variable costs involved and each
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Receivable 4‚150 Increase in Inventories 5‚900 Decrease in Salaries Payable 1‚130 11‚180 Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities P153‚850 COST VOLUME PROFIT 1. Melanie Company produces a merchandise that has the following data: Unit Sales price P80 per unit Unit vairiable costs P48 per unit Total fixes costs P640‚000 per annum Units sold during the current year P25‚000 units
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Fitness Center ACC/561 February 17‚ 2013 One of the toughest decisions to make when seeking to own your own business is what type of business is best? “One way to own your own business is to buy a franchise (Kimmel‚ 2009). Snap Fitness‚ is a fast-growing franchisor of compact state-of-the art 24/7 fitness centers worldwide. In this paper the subject to discuss is the cost volume profit analysis of a fitness center franchise. A business will use CVP analysis to analyze existing or new
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Jump to Navigation Frame Your location: Assessments › View All Submissions › View Attempt View Attempt 1 of 2 Title: | Exam 2 (Chapters 10-18) | Started: | July 7‚ 2011 12:16 AM | Submitted: | July 7‚ 2011 2:11 AM | Time spent: | 01:54:47 | Total score: | 94/200 = 47% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 200 | 1. | Chapter 10 #265 | | Use this information for questions that refer to the World Tennis Ball (WTB) Company case. World Tennis Ball Co. (WTB) makes
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considerations are measurement issues. Financial measures‚ in particular‚ cost measures‚ are needed to evaluate alternate strategies on whether to introduce a new product or service line‚ to determine the appropriate sale price and the consequent market position for the firm’s product. Question 1) “Contribution” represents the portion of sales revenue that is not consumed by variable costs and so contributes to the coverage of fixed costs. To compute profit contribution that can be earned by carrying 1
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Question 1 1. Mrs. Granberry is going to sell Christmas tree lights for $20 a box. The lights cost Marsha $5 a unit and any unsold lights can be returned for a full refund. She is planning to rent a booth at the upcoming Happy Holidays Convention‚ which offers three options: 1. paying a fixed fee of $1‚500‚ or 2. paying a $500 fee plus 10% of revenues made at the convention‚ or 3. paying 25% of revenues made at the convention.Which of the following statements is FALSE? Answer | | One
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$18‚000 at the end of an accounting period. The job cost sheets of the two uncompleted jobs show charges of $6‚000 and $3‚000 for materials‚ and charges of $4‚000 and $2‚000 for direct labor. From this information‚ it appears that the company is using a predetermined overhead rate‚ as a percentage of direct labor costs‚ of: A. 50% B. 200% C. 300% D. 20% 2. Job 607 was recently completed. The following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: The company applies manufacturing overhead
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1. Cost of goods manufactured will usually include: A. only direct labor and direct materials costs. B. some costs incurred during the prior period as well as costs incurred during the current period. C. only costs incurred during the current period. D. some period costs as well as some product costs. 2. During the month of August‚ direct labor cost totaled $13‚000 and direct labor cost was 20% of prime cost. If total manufacturing costs during August were $88‚000‚ the manufacturing overhead
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CHAPTER 1 – COST VOLUME PROFIT- MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. CVP analysis can be used to study the effect of: A. changes in selling prices on a company ’s profitability. B. changes in variable costs on a company ’s profitability. C. changes in fixed costs on a company ’s profitability. D. changes in product sales mix on a company ’s profitability. E. All of these. 2. The break-even point is that level of activity where: A. total revenue equals total cost. B. variable cost equals fixed cost. C. total
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