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    Corporate Law 1. Discuss the position of guarantee in respect of loans to a minor. 2. Does the release by the creditor of one of the sureties discharge the others? 3. Explain the provisions relating to appointment of directors in Producer Company. 4. Two separate company wish to amalgamate. State the steps which they must take for this purpose. 5. Does the failure of inspector to submit his or her report in time amount to an end to investigation? 6. A‚ the secretary of the company is also a minority

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    Activity Based Costing Implementation for a Not-For-Profit Darrell Ament‚ Author The author was tasked with setting up an activity based costing (ABC) system for a not-for-profit organization. The first thing done by the author was to use the internet to research the use of ABC systems for non-profits. The result was the conclusion by the author that QuickBooks’ class feature could be used to track expenses‚ revenues and balance sheet costs for the implementing ABC. Income‚ Revenue and Balance

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    Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services 1- Yes‚ government should perform a cost analysis before privatization‚ especially if the government will remain as a participant in the bidding process. The cost analysis will provide the government with cost information for accurately pricing the bid. In case the government is not going to be a participant in the bidding process‚ the cost estimate will provide the government with an estimate on how much to pay for a service. For example‚

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    CHAPTER 20 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT‚ JUST-IN-TIME‚ AND SIMPLIFIED COSTING METHODS 20-1 Cost of goods sold (in retail organizations) or direct materials costs (in organizations with a manufacturing function) as a percentage of sales frequently exceeds net income as a percentage of sales by many orders of magnitude. In the Kroger grocery store example cited in the text‚ cost of goods sold to sales is 76.8%‚ and net income to sales is 0.1%. Thus‚ a 10% reduction in the ratio of cost of goods sold to sales

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    Relevance lost: the rise and fall of activity-based costing by: Nitza Geri & Boaz Ronen A Critique After having been exposed on how activity-based costing works‚ I am wondering why it is not adopted by all of the companies. While it is true that the debate between the traditional cost system and the activity-based cost system seem to be endless‚ here is paper written by Nitza Geri and Boaz Ronen that introduces another concept and that is global decision-making methodology or GDM. Through

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    COST CLASSIFICATION ASSIGNMENT To classify the various costs would first of all require a definition between the two types of accounting that practically all businesses have to face and a number of key terms which are equally important. These are management accounting and financial accounting. 1. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: Management accounting is concerned with decision making‚ cost apportionment‚ planning and control. It is based within the organisation and is

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    Journal of Accounting Research Vol. 40 No. 3 June 2002 Printed in U.S.A. The Association Between Activity-Based Costing and Manufacturing Performance C H R I S T O P H E R D . I T T N E R ‚∗ W I L L I A M N . L A N E N ‚† A N D D A V I D F . L A R C K E R∗ Received 20 May 1999; accepted 23 October 2001 ABSTRACT This study examines the association between activity-based costing and manufacturing performance. Results using a cross-sectional sample of manufacturing plants indicates that extensive

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    Chapter 3 - Activity-Based Costing   -Rather than use a plantwide overhead rate (POHR)‚ many companies use departmental overhead rates with a different predetermined overhead rate in each production department. The nature of the work performed in a department will determine the department’s allocation base -Ex. Overhead costs in a machining department may be allocated on the basis of machine-hours. In contrast‚ the overhead costs in an assembly department may be allocated on the basis of direct

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    THE INNOVATION OF TIME-DRIVEN ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING Robert S Kaplan; Steven R Anderson Cost Management; Mar/Apr 2007; 21‚ 2; ABI/INFORM Global pg. 5 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission

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