Managerial versus Financial Accounting A ti Financial Accounting IInterested parties, outside th organization. t t d ti t id the i ti Required and must conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Regulated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board,, and,, to a lesser g degree, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Source of Data The organization's basic accounting system, plus Almost exclusively drawn from the
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Difficulty: Easy OBJ: LO: 8-1 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: AICPA: FN-Measurement | IMA: Performance Measurement | ACBSP: APC-27-Managerial Accounting Features/Costs KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge NOT: 1 min. 2. Inventory costs under variable costing include only direct materials, direct labor, and variable factory overhead. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy OBJ: LO: 8-1 NAT: BUSPROG: Analytic STA: AICPA: FN-Measurement | IMA: Cost Management | ACBSP: APC-27-Managerial Accounting Features/Costs KEY: Bloom's:
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Contents Decision Making 3 Theory of Constraints 4 IMA Guidelines for Ethical Behavior 4 Competence 4 Confidentiality 5 Integrity 5 Credibility 5 Corporate Social Responsibility 5 Manufacturing Costs: 6 Non-Manufacturing Costs 6 Product Costs vs. Period Costs 6 Prime Costs vs. Conversion Cost 7 The Activity Base (Cost Driver) 7 Fixed Cost and Variable Costs 7 Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior 7 Mixed Costs 8 The High-Low Method 9 Cost Classification
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Question 1: * Proficient-level: * There are several important functions performed in an organization, among which accounting is one of them. Define the accounting function and discuss how it differs from double-entry bookkeeping. Answer: According to the Dictionary of Accounting Terms, Accounting is defined as a one step process of recording, measuring, interpreting and communicating financial data by preparing financial statements in order to reflect financial condition and operating
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cost-benefit and behavioral issues involved in designing an accounting system. LO5: Discuss the role accountants play in the company’s value chain functions. LO6: Identify current trends in management accounting. LO7: Explain why ethics and standards of ethical conduct are important to accountants. PROBLEMS A1, B1 28, 29, 33 39, 40, 42 55 A2, B2 32 45 53 41, 43 A1, B1 30, 31, 34, 35, 39, 42, 44, 46 36 54 A3, B3 37, 38 47, 48, 49 51, 52, 55 Copyright
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ON ASSURANCE OF LEARNING – ETHICS IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (CMA) Awoluyi Adekunle, Matric Number: 201403007 JUNE 29, 2015 MEMBA 3 LBS, Lagos AWOLUYI ADEKUNLE Matric Number: 201403007 Introduction The source of cost management ethical problems in any organization can be one or more of the following; 1. 2. 3. 4. Organisation’s management expectation Vs. professional ethics Personal desire for recognition / and promotion within the company Strife for quick money or cash
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justification of standard setting and justification of auditing. Difference researcher, have a difference opinion. According to Macintosh (2002), decision usefulness as defined by FASB is myth and truthfulness as defined by AICPA is a reality. Another researcher, Moore (2009) characterized the economic reality the FASB set out to show a myth. Other than that, Williams and Ravenscroft (2010) argue that decision usefulness as defined by FASB is since there is no way to any standard actually improves
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ISSN 1940-204X Newport Home: Multichannel Merchandising and Inventory Management Regina M. Anctil University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business P. Jane Saly University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business Michael E. Borneman Connolly Consulting, Inc. IntroductIon Newport Home, Inc. is a specialty retailer selling home furnishings, including dining, kitchen, bed and bath soft goods, glassware, china, and cutlery, and assorted décor items. The company’s founder, Terrence Ransom, opened
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Functional Area Plan: Accounting and Finance Member of Team D: Havacup Part 1: Accounting and Finance Manager Composition The Accounting and Finance Functional Area’s goal is to provide Havacup’s Executive Leadership and supporting Functional Area’s with timely and accurate financial information, strategic advice, and advocating the high level of integrity and ethics that is at the core of Havacup’s values. Having accurate and up-to-date financial information is critical to making smart
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* CHAPTER 1: COST MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY * QUESTIONS 1-1 Firms Using Cost Management. Here are some examples; there are many possible answers. 1. Wal-Mart: to keep costs low by streamlining restocking and sales 2. Dell: to keep costs low by improving manufacturing performance and by using target costing and other management techniques 3. Citicorp: to keep costs low by using activity analysis (see exercise1-31) to identify key operations and to find those that add little or no
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