Shannon Carl ACC 310 Cost Accounting 1 Analysis of Cost Accounting Jess Stern 5/28/2012 “Cost accounting is a type of accounting process that aims to capture a company’s costs of production by assessing the input costs of each step of production as well as fixed costs such as depreciation of capital equipment.”( Cost Accounting, 2012). By analyzing the importance of cost accounting to the success of a firm, we will get a better understanding as to why companies use this type of accounting
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File 1 of 35 Problem 7 – Job Order Costing Jessica Company started operations on January 2, 20x6. The company manufactures custom products and uses a job order system. Overhead is allocated to jobs based on direct labour costs. The budgeted manufacturing overhead for 20x6 was $396,900 and the direct labour costs were budgeted at $567,000. At the end of 20x6, there were two jobs in work in process: Direct material cost Direct labour cost Job A605 $20,000 12,000 Job A608 $36,000 38,000 Actual
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APPLICATION OF COSTING TECHNIQUES IN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA? (CASE STUDY OF YANKARI MASS TRANSIT CORPORATION) By Nwankwo Stephen c. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the assignment 1.2 Purpose/objectives of the assignment 1.3 Definition of the term 1.4 Historical background of the case study ABSTRACT The aim of the assignment is to find out the importance of using costing techniques
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Week 1 Question 1 Welcome to our Week 1 Discussions! To get us started, let's consider the following questions. 1) Would a traditional income statement differ depending on whether the business is a service organization, merchandiser, or manufacturer? 2) Could we use managerial accounting tools to assess the profitability of an organization other than a manufacturing business, or are the topics that we are learning only related to manufacturing? 3) If we could use these concepts in service
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Process costing (a) Describe the characteristics of process costing (b) Describe situations where the use of process costing would be appropriate (c) Calculate the cost per unit of process outputs (d) Explain the concepts of 'normal and abnormal' losses and 'abnormal' gains (e) Prepare process accounts, involving normal and abnormal losses and abnormal gains (f) Calculate and explain the concept of equivalent units (g) Apportion process costs between work remaining in process and transfers
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Acct 340-Midterm Review Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following is NOT a process associated with an accounting information system? |a. |auditing existing data | |b. |collecting and recording data | |c. |providing information
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Review Notes (Chap 3 to Chap 6) 1. Important Concepts: Cost Drivers and Cost Pools. A cost driver is any factor that has the effect of changing the level of total cost. In cost leadership, managing cost drivers is essential. A firm incurs a cost when it uses a resource for some purpose. Often costs are collected into meaningful groups called cost pools. Since individual costs can be group in several different ways, cost pools can be defined in several different ways as well (by cost type
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Costing Methods Tony Zazzarino University of Phoenix Costing Methods Super Bakery Incorporated is a nationwide bakery that supplies bakery items to schools. Super Bakery is a virtual corporation that performs only strategic parts of the business, and the other activities are outsourced. The company wanted to the maximum value with little investment in operating functions. The company has reviewed the initial strategy to increase the profit
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production processes. Discuss in detail and apply the related concepts. Answer 1: Both the demand and the unit price for steel have increased in recent years. Unfortunately, auto manufacturers use large quantity of steel in their production process. In order to compensate for the adverse effect of increased unit price of steel, auto manufacturers changed their output and pricing decisions to be profitable. Moreover, they started searching new overseas suppliers and cheaper raw materials, e.g. aluminum
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1 Comprehensive Problem: Part 2 chapters 5–10 1. a. Physical units method of allocation: Grades Board Feet Percent of Units Allocation* Firsts and seconds 1,500,000 .20 180,000. No. 1 common 3,000,000 .40 360,000 No. 2 common 1,875,000 .25 225,000 No. 3 common 1,125,000 .15 135,000 Totals 7,500,000 1.0 900,000 Unit cost: Firsts and seconds .12 (180,000/1,500,000) No. 1 common .12 (360,000/3,000,000)
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