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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FASB ASC CITATION: Adjustments to Lower of Cost or Market 330-10-35-1 A departure from the cost basis of pricing the inventory is required when the utility of the goods is no longer as great as their cost. Where there is evidence that the utility of goods‚ in their disposal in the ordinary course of business‚ will be less than cost The inventory has a financial importance as it is purchased and recorded at its historical cost or original cost. With respect to a perpetual inventory system
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1-1 Chapter 1 An Introduction to Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts Introduction to Managerial Accounting MSc. Mohammad Hicham Khalil Objectives 1. Comparison of Financial and Managerial 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Accounting. General Cost Classifications. Product Cost versus Period Cost. Cost Classifications on Financial Statements. Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior. Cost Classification for Assigning Costs to Cost Objectives. Cost Classification for Decision Making
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Property taxes on store $7‚500 – Manufacturing overhead Delivery expense $21‚000 – Period costs Labor costs of assembly-line workers $110‚000 – Direct labor Sales commissions $35‚000 – Period costs Factory supplies used $13‚000 – Direct materials Salaries paid to sales clerks $50‚000 – Period costs (b) Explain the basic difference in accounting for product costs and period costs. Product costs are manufacturing costs‚ direct components‚ direct labor and manufacturing overhead‚ do not become expenditures
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textile-veteran husband and two partners established‚ Liz Claiborne Inc.‚ a design-driven company that would revolutionize the fashion industry – from how women dress for work‚ to where product is source‚ to how it is sold into and at department stores. The concept was simple: Provide the ensemble-driven sportswear that had been available for many years at designer level prices through the likes of Calvin Klein and Bill Blass‚ but make it affordable for the working woman. Up until this point‚ department stores
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Liabilities and Owners’ Equity of the business. Hint: You can refer to the Softbyte example we discussed in class for guidance on giving effect to these transactions. Grading System: Each Transaction carries 1 point for a correct answer and 0 points for an incorrect answer Transaction #1: On December 1‚ 2013‚ Mr. Bansal started Algo Parts Limited by investing INR 10‚000 Transaction #2: On December 5‚ Algo Parts Limited paid registration and licensing fees for the business‚ INR 370. Transaction #3: On
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What is Accounting Ethics? The term accounting ethics are formed by the combination of two different words‚ namely accounting and ethics. Fortes‚ (2011) believes that ‘accounting is the collection‚ measurement‚ analysis and reporting of events in financial terms.’ While Karthik‚ (2010) believes that ‘ethics in its broader sense‚ deals with human conduct in relation to what is morally good and bad‚ right and wrong. It is the application of values to decision-making. These values include
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This work contains ACC 541 Week 1 - Accounting Standards Boards Paper ACC 541 Week 1 Individual Accounting Standards Boards Paper The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are currently working on a joint venture referred to as the convergence project. Write a 1‚050- to 1‚400-word paper describing the relationship between the IASB and the FASB. Include the following in your paper: A brief history of the relationship
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Chapter 8 Activity-Based Costing: A Tool to Aid Decision Making Solutions to Questions 8-1 Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in a number of ways. In activity-based costing‚ nonmanufacturing as well as manufacturing costs may be assigned to products. And‚ some manufacturing costs—including the costs of idle capacity—may be excluded from product costs. An activity-based costing system typically includes a number of activity cost pools‚ each of which has its
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PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING 1 ACCOUNTING THEORY NOTES (a) International Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards. The foreword to accounting standards defines Accounting Standards as Authoritative statements of how particular types of transaction and other events should be reflected in financial statements. Accounting Standards are developed to achieve comparability of financial information between and among different organizations. International Accounting Standards (IAS’s)
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