Financial accounting and management accounting both prepare and analyze financial data. However‚ certain aspects of these two fields are very different. This article discusses the various differences between financial accounting and management accounting. The differing characteristics to be discussed include the users of information‚ the types of information‚ regulatory oversight‚ and frequency of reporting. Users of Information Financial accounting and management accounting provide information
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CHAPTER 1 (Introduction to Management Accounting) P-1-4A The following data were taken from the records of Clarkson Company for the fiscal year ended June 30‚ 2014. Raw Materials Factory Insurance $ 4600 Inventory 7/1/13 $ 48000 Factory Machinery Raw Materials Depreciation 16‚000 Inventory 6/30/14 39‚600 Factory Utilities 27‚600 Finished Goods Office Utilities Expenses 8‚650 Inventory 7/1/13 96‚000 Sales Revenue 534‚000 Finished Goods Sales Discounts
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References: Edmonds‚ T.P.‚ Tsay B.‚ & Olds‚ P.R. (2011). Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill Itrwin.
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COST ACCOUNTING M.ASAD ABBAS PAF KIET TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ......................................................................................................3 Introduction .....................................................................................................................4 Costing Strategy of Vesta Apparel.............................................................................5 Full Cost of the Primary
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is that: A) the units in beginning inventory are not necessarily assumed to be completed by the end of the period B) the units in beginning inventory are assumed to be completed first C) ending inventory will always be completed in the next accounting period D) no calculation of conversion costs is possible 3) In a normal costing system‚ the Manufacturing Overhead Control account: A) is increased by allocated manufacturing overhead B) is credited with amounts transferred
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In recent years‚ the range of accounting application is expanding rapidly‚ along with the increasing demand of economic market. As is well known‚ accounting is a key aspect of business. And in the accounting profession‚ there has been already existed interpenetration and overlapping among the different kinds of accounting. Cost accounting and financial accounting are two main components of accountancy. The former one is a part of accounting. In cost accounting‚ it dramatically researches the variable
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ACC206: Principles of Accounting II Final Paper Instructor: Emmett Denham March 25‚ 2013 ABC Company could reach $3 million in annual sales within 3 years if the company used shingle scrap material to build cedar dollhouses. The new product would add additional costs but would project an aggressive growth in revenue for the company. In the following reports I will show you how beneficial the cedar dollhouses would be to ABC Company. [ABC Company] | Cash Flow Satement | | | | Date:
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Introduction By June 2002‚ it had become evident to the SEC that WorldCom had engaged in a significant corporate accounting fraud scheme which had overstated pretax income by about $7 billion since 1999. At the time‚ this was the largest deliberate misstatement in US corporate history. Although there are many interesting elements and players involved with this incident‚ for the purpose of this case study I will focus on the role played by Betty Vinson‚ the Director of Management Reporting and
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CHAPTER 3 COST-VOLUME-PROFIT ANALYSIS TRUE/FALSE 1. To perform cost-volume-profit analysis‚ a company must be able to separate costs into fixed and variable components. Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis 2. Cost-volume-profit analysis may be used for multi-product analysis when the proportion of different products remains constant. Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: cost-volume-profit
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CHAPTER 14: PROCESS COSTING AND THE COST ACCOUNTING CYCLE Multiple Choice c 1. ABC Company made the following journal entry. Work in Process Inventory $200‚000 Direct Labor $188‚000 Direct Labor Rate Variance 12‚000 From this entry we can tell that ABC uses a. job-order costing. b. process costing. c. standard costing. d. normal costing. d 2. CDE Company
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