STANDARD COSTS Setting a budget is never easy as it involves predicting the future and therefore uncertainty. The process is not about getting the budget absolutely right; it is about not getting it too wrong. This budget process may be applied to most revenue budgets that deal with income and costs‚ but there is also a requirement to produce a capital budget that covers the purchase‚ sale and replacement of fixed assets. There is normally an investment limit dictated by funding availability and
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Criticism on historical cost accounting 1. Inability to provide useful information in times of rising prices * Assumes that money holds a constant purchasing power‚ so the result become irrelevance in times of rising prices * Received much criticism during high inflation periods of 1970s and 1980s. * Obvious flaw in time of rising prices. 2. Real problem of additivity * Some countries allowed revaluation of non-current assets and the different assets are revaluing
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of Identify your recommended costing system‚ including your rationale‚ to management Recommended costing system My recommendation would be for Super Bakery Inc. to use the ABC ( activity-based costing system). Rationale‚ to management My rationale is as follow: Super Bakery Inc. will benefit from implementing activity-based costing system because‚ “in activity-based costing system‚ activity is any event‚ action‚ transaction‚ or work sequence that incurs cost when producing a product or providing
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grooming stations‚ a standard and a deluxe model. The following activity and cost information has been compiled: Number of Number of Number of Product Setups Components Direct Labor Hours Standard 3 30 650 Deluxe 7 50 150 Overhead costs $20‚000 $60‚000 Assume a traditional costing system applies the $80‚000 of overhead costs based on direct labor hours. a. What is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the standard model? b. What is the total amount of overhead costs assigned to the
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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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has been as much praise as there is criticism of the jury system. Most critics doubt the competence‚ rationality and motives of the jury system alleging its only “claim to legitimacy is its archaic root.” Other critics question the ability of the jury system to adapt to complex issues in the modern world coupled with the impact of internet. However‚ much of this criticism of the jury is not supported by any empirical research. It appears that these criticisms are mainly just “made by appeals to
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Vivian Lau Critique of “Redesigning Cost Systems: Is Standard Costing Obsolete?” by Carole and Leo The study presented four analyzes to discuss the criticisms of Standard Costing System and suggested redesigns for traditional SCSs. Authors mentioned the advantages and disadvantages of SCS‚ and then separately illustrated updates for variances from the aspects of raw materials‚ inventories‚ production levels and quality‚ and sales analysis. After that‚ this article illustrated several updates
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a) COST ACCOUNTING Cost accounting system is the part of management accounting that makes budget‚ actual cost of operations‚ analysis of variance and profitability of social use of funds. Cost accounting helps the manager in decision making regarding the reduction of the cost of the company and in improving the profitability. Cost accounting system is primarily used for internal managers therefore it does not need to follow the standards of GAAP. Cost accounting is also considered very important
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1.0 Introduction Standard Soap Corp. (SSC) is a $ 30-35 million company producing 5‚000 different varieties of bar soap. SSC has four broad production processes– transformation of raw materials‚ drying of bulk soap‚ production of soap batches and packaging. However‚ there are underlying complexities involving up to 5000 different paths during these production processes. This poses a potential challenge for the management to efficiently handle the underlying information base. In addition
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Ethical Question Involving Standard Costs C 1. Taylor Industries‚ Inc.‚ develops standard costs for all its direct materials‚ direct labor‚ and overhead costs. It uses these costs to price products‚ cost inventories‚ and evaluate the performance of purchasing and production managers. It updates the standard costs whenever costs‚ prices‚ or rates change by 3 percent or more. It also reviews and updates all standard costs each December; this practice provides current standards that are appropriate
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