UNIT 1 ACCOUNTING AND ITS FUNCTIONS Objectives After studying this unit, you should be able to appreciate the: • • • nature and role of accounting; activities of an accountant; and roles of accounting personnel and the accounting function in an organization. Accounting and its Functions Structure 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 Introduction Scope of Accounting Emerging Role of Accounting Accounting as an Information System Role and Activities of an Accountant Accounting
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for earnings management. + Reflect the current period’s true and fair results. -Requirements for annual impairment testing of goodwill and other non-amortised intangible assets. -Difficulties surrounding the identification of a cash-generating unit. -Challenges in projecting cash flows and estimating various assumptions for the testing of value in use. Kolb’s TEL with Paul’s Critical Thinking Components: IAS 36 Impairment of assets-assess of key features Objects/Events: To prescribe the
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Total cost Fixed cost Variable cost Average cost Marginal cost Total revenue Average revenue 1. total cost- In economics and cost accounting, total cost (TC) describes the total economic cost of production and is made up ofvariable costs, which vary according to the quantity of a good produced and include inputs such as labor and raw materials, plus fixed costs, which are independent of the quantity of a good produced and include inputs (capital) that cannot be varied in the short term,
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I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Beta Company produces two products, A and B, Each of which uses materials X and Y. The Following unit Standard cost apply: Material X Material Y Direct Labor Product A 4 lbs @ $15 1 lb @ $9.50 1/5 hr @ $18 Product B 6 lbs @ $15 2 lbs @ $9.50 1/3 hr @ $18 During November 4,200 units of A and 3,600 units of B were produced. Also, 39,000 pounds of X were purchased at $14.40, and 11,000 pounds of Y were purchased at $9.70; all of these materials (but no other
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3. Realizing that the CIC will demand some kind of sensitivity analyses, how should Dave and Rick prepare their report? Which variables or inputs are obvious ones that need to be analyzed using multiple values? Explain by performing suitable calculations. The variables that are vulnerable to economic and market factors such as competition, inflation, and recession are selling price per unit and variable cost per unit. To some extent fixed costs can be sensitive as well. Price per unit has
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The Company Play Book – The Operating Budget Accounting is the language of business; the operating budget is the company play book for the coming year. With the operating budget the company can forecast the overall health of the enterprise. Management is able to foresee the financial strength of the company based on the sales revenue, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), the operation expense that then provides the budgeted income statement. Although good management is required to ensure a company’s
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of the Accounting Standards Codification] This HTML transformation of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification is provided by Public.Resource.Org as a public service. Please note that these documents are based on the 2011 printed version of the codification, which is out of date. For the latest, authoritative version of these standards, we recommend you consult https://asc.fasb.org/ which is provided by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. End of Preamble [Not Part of the Accounting Standards
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http://ocw.mit.edu ____________ MIT OpenCourseWare 15.963 Management Accounting and Control Spring 2007 For information about citing these materials or our Terms of Use, visit: ________________ http://ocw.mit.edu/terms. 15.963 Managerial Accounting and Control Spring 2007 Prof. Mozaffar Khan MIT Sloan School of Management Wilkerson Why is Wilkerson examining its costs now (what is the catalyst)? Its competitive environment: Declining overall profitability
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Managerial Accounting Exam 1 1. Managerial accounting places considerable weight on: A) generally accepted accounting principles. B) the financial history of the entity. C) ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded. D) detailed segment reports about departments, products, and customers. Answer: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 1 Level: Easy 2.
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rating. a. Complete the following table: LABOR INPUT L (NO. OF WORKERS) | TOTAL PRODUCT TPL (= Q) | MARGINAL PRODUCT MPL | AVERAGE PRODUCT APL | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5.33 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7.25 | 5 | 43 | 14 | 8.6 | 6 | 55 | 12 | 9.16 | 7 | 58 | 3 | 8.28 | 8 | 60 | 2 | 7.5 | 9 | 59 | -1 | 6.5 | 10 | 56 | -3 | 5.6 | b. Plot the (i) total product, (ii) marginal product, and (iii) average product functions. c. Determine the boundaries of the
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