INTRODUCTION TO COST ACCOUNTING / COST ACCOUNTING ACC116/165/211 OCTOBER 2010 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. 2. 3. This question paper consists of five (5) questions. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of: i) ii) the Question Paper an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty DO NOT TURN THIS
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Q1: explicit costs and implicit costs concepts Explicit Cost Explicit cost is defined as the direct payment which is supposed to be made to others while running business. This includes the wages‚ rents or materials which are due in the contract. The explicit cost is the expense done in business which can easily be identified and accounted for in the business at any stage. The explicit cost represents the out flows of cash in clear and obvious terms. When any out flow of credit occurs in a business
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To make cost estimates‚ project managers use cost analysis; a discipline that attempts to forecast the ultimate cost of a project. The difficulty about this analysis‚ especially for complex projects‚ is that there are a lot of uncertainties about cost items such as technology‚ productivity of human resources‚ economic conditions‚ market conditions‚ prices‚ inflation and other future risks and events. In general uncertainty occurs for a number of reasons: • Uniqueness (no similar experience) ⁎ Corresponding
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Costs of Production July 2011 Topics to be Discussed Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? How do Cost Curves Behave? – Cost in the Short Run – Cost in the Long Run How to Minimize Cost? How to draw Implications for Business Strategy? Topics to be Discussed Production with Two Outputs: Economies of Scope Dynamic Changes in Costs: The Learning Curve Estimating and Predicting Cost Measuring Cost: Which Costs Matter? Accountants tend to take a retrospective view of firms’ costs‚ whereas
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Cost Concepts for Managerial Decision Making Prepared for instructional use in Economics For Managers ECG 507 College of Management North Carolina State Universiy © Stephen E. Margolis 2000 Soon we will be using the concepts of cost that are presented in Landsburg’s chapters five and six to analyze market behavior of firms. With a bit of interpretation‚ however‚ these concepts have immediate application to ordinary decisions that
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ACT 510 November 19‚ 2013 Do You Know Your Cost of Capital? Investing capital dollars drives the corporate strategy to newer heights in this age‚ where the business is dependent upon making sound decisions that financially intertwine for further growth and development. Within any financial team‚ analyses should be conducted uniformly across the board‚ arriving at a conducive return on investments to solidify the reasoning behind completing the future project. As Jacobs & Shivdasani point
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Explainthe relationship between the average cost and marginal cost curve? Answer: We usually assume that the Average Cost curve is U shaped The MC curve will intercept the AC curves at its minimum point. When AC is decreasing‚ MC lies below AC - because when MC is below AC‚ producing an extra unit of output will pull down average cots When AC is increasing‚ MC lies above AC - because when MC is above AC‚ producing an extra unit of output will raise average costs Therefore MC will intercept the AC curve
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Equity by 30‚000 $ and the rest in the assets which is 76‚000-30‚000= 46‚000 $ Chapter 5 1. Consider the CVP graphs below for two providers operating in a fee-for-service environment: a. Assuming the graphs are drawn to the same scale‚ which provider has 1- the greater fixed costs? 2- The greater variable cost rate? 3-The greater per unit revenue? 1- B 2- B 3- A b. Which provider ha the greater contribution margin? B c. Which provider needs the higher volume to break
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COSTING SUPPORT AND COST CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING A COST ESTIMATION TOOL APPLIED IN THE SHEET METAL DOMAIN PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Twente‚ op gezag van de rector magnificus‚ prof.dr. F.A. van Vught‚ volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op vrijdag 3 mei 2002 te 15.00 uur. door Erik ten Brinke geboren op 15 maart 1973 te Hardenberg Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door: de promotor prof.dr.ir. H
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Cost Allocation University of Phoenix Accounting in Healthcare ACC561 December 12‚ 2010 Cost Allocation Transfer Pricing [pic] [pic] Transfer pricing is a value attached to the output of a department to measure the value of the trade with other departments within the organization. Transfer prices will not affect the organization’s profit results. This contributes directly to the process of departmental performance measurement and indirectly to the measurement of a product
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