CAPACITY ANALYSIS 9-1 No. Differences in operating income between variable costing and absorption costing are due to accounting for fixed manufacturing costs. Under variable costing only variable manufacturing costs are included as inventoriable costs. Under absorption costing both variable and fixed manufacturing costs are included as inventoriable costs. Fixed marketing and distribution costs are not accounted for differently under variable costing and absorption costing. 9-2 The term direct costing
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Health Care Cost Accounting A capitation payment arrangement can be an effective means to control healthcare costs because it allows both the insurer and the employer to predict costs for healthcare services more accurately. When a capitation payment method is used‚ the financial risk of caring for the patient is transferred to the medical delivery system. If the healthcare delivery system does not have a cost accounting system or the ability to develop cost information on each payer and service
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ACT – MBA 6203 Brenda Hogan October 23‚ 2012 Article Summary: Strategic Cost Management: The Value Chain Perspective Authors of this article do not believe the concept of “value chain” has been written about enough or clearly enough and therefore attempt to state the importance of the value chain on strategy from a managerial accounting perspective. Michael Porter first wrote about this in 1985. [ (Porter‚ 1985) ] They believe that any organization must understand the entire value chain
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO COST ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS 1. Management accounting stresses the informational needs of internal users over those of external users (the focus of financial accounting). Because of this perspective‚ management accounting provides information in a format that is flexible and relevant to a particular manager‟s usage. Financial accounting‚ on the other hand‚ must provide some uniformity in the manner in which information is presented for it to be comparable among companies and
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econonmMicroeconomics Review Quiz Test 2 1. When is marginal utility equal to zero? A. When TU is zero. B. When MU is at its maximum. C. When TU is at its maximum. D. When MU is at its minimum. The following table shows Mia ’s $ marginal utility for litres of soya milk: 2. Refer to the above table to answer this question. Suppose that Mia has a budget of $7 and the price of a litre of soya milk is $1‚ what is the maximum quantity that Mia might purchase? A. 0. B. 4 litres
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Cost Accounting of Nursing Home Introduction Cost accounting is traditionally viewed as manufacturing support system so it is usually used for product related systems. Nursing homes are the entities that provide healthcare services to patients seeking special treatments. The cost accounting for nursing homes will revolve around the services provided by them and we considered them as our major ‘cost objects’. It offers the most extensive care a person can get outside a hospital. Nursing
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FTeasha Jenkins Fin 201-202 April 23‚ 2013 Article https://marshallbb.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_group=courses&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Fcontent%2Ffile%3Fcmd%3Dview%26content_id%3D_578721_1%26course_id%3D_31834_1%26framesetWrapped%3Dtrue 7 sure ways to bigger returns This article starts off by Rich Tavis personal experience. That he didn’t really have an investment plan in how to buy stocks and funds. When he saw one he liked‚ he would buy it‚ just like picking
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spills (fly ash slurries). Americans are exposed to more industrial chemicals every day that pose far more risk. Scientist Halden states that the spill is similar to a gasoline spill and that it shouldn’t be a long term concern to citizens. The article was interesting mainly because it expressed and showed how serious the spill that occurred was but also gave a sense of calmness when it told readers the accurate seriousness of the spill with
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Brief About AS-16 Borrowing cost Background: A Business Enterprises requires fund for either of following 2 purposes: a) To finance its long term assets like plant and machinery‚ properties‚ furniture etc b) To finance its working capital needs for ensuring smooth functioning of its business activities In case of business enterprise goes for Expansion .i.e it enters into new line of business or goes into new product line or set up new plant‚ funds are required Incase of well established
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Datar‚ S.M. and Foster‚ G. (2003) Cost Accounting - A Managerial Emphasis‚ Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ New Jersey‚ Eleventh Edition CHAPTER 11 DECISION MAKING AND RELEVANT INFORMATION 11-1 The five steps in the decision process outlined in Exhibit 11-1 of the text are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Obtain information Make predictions about future costs Choose an alternative Implement the decision Evaluate performance to provide feedback 11-2 Relevant costs are expected future costs that differ among the alternative
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