and cost of goods sold. One approach is called absorption costing. Absorption costing is generally used for external financial reports. The other approach called variable costing is preferred by some companies for internal decision making and must be used when an income statement is prepared in the contribution format. Ordinarily absorption costing and variable costing produce different figures for net income and the difference can be quite large. Under variable costing‚ only those costs of production
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components of the cost-volume-profit or CVP analysis has five components. The components are “volume (levels of activity)‚ unit selling price‚ variable cost per unit‚ total fixed costs‚ and sales mix” (Kimmel‚ etal‚ 2009‚ Chapter 19‚ Illustration 19-1). CVP analysis consists of target net income‚ income statement‚ margin of safety‚ and changes in the work environment. CVP analysis provides a business with a contribution margin. The revenue retained after the deduction of variable costs is the business’
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UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA UUM COLLEGEOF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY COURSE CODE : BKAL1013 COURSE : BUSINESS ACCOUNTING PRE-REQUISITE : NONE 1.0 COURSE SYNOPSIS This course is designed specifically for students from non-accounting disciplines. It is divided into two sections‚ i.e. financial accounting and management accounting. Students will be exposed to accounting concepts‚ principles and assumptions. They would be able to assess
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AGW 610/3 Finance and Accounting for Management Graduate School of Business Universiti Sains Malaysia COURSE GUIDE Lecturer: Semester: Associate Prof. Dr. Sofri Yahya; Dr Fathyah Hashim Semester 1‚ Academic Session 2012/2013 The information in this document is important and should be noted by all students undertaking the Master of Business Administration Degree Reviewed by: ………………………………………….. Date: 1 Approved by: ………………………………….. Date: AGW 610/3 Finance and Accounting for Management
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The cost profit analysis (CVP) determines how cost and volume affect a company’s operating income. To successfully perform the analysis the five basic components have to be known. The components are volume or level of activity‚ unit selling prices‚ variable cost per unit‚ total fixed cost‚ and sales mix. Volume or level of activity is how many units are produced or sold. The unit selling prices are the cost that each unit produced is sold or thought to be sold will sale for. The variable cost per
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Assignment 2: Costs and Profit (20 points) In Section 2‚ you learned about costs and profit. Now‚ you’ll apply what you learned. 1. Choose a real or made up example of a company‚ and describe at least three variable costs the company has. (1-3 sentences. 1.5 points) soaring angels attire company’s first variable cost is shirts they customize shirts to whatever you want them to be but how many shirts you want tells them how much material they need. Same thing with the shoes they also customize
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Total costs of production (including a “normal” return on owners’ investment) per month are: C = 20‚000 + 50Q + 3Q2 a. Express total profits (() in terms of Q. b. At what level of output are total profits maximized? What price will be charged? What are total profits at this output level? c. What market structure did you assume? Why? d. Would your answers in b change if the market for sewing machines were competitive? How? (Specify price‚ quantity‚ and profit levels
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these areas….have fun! * Relevant range * Break-even point * Contribution margin * Process costing * Job costing * Calculate equivalent units * ABC systems * Direct‚ indirect‚ variable‚ fixed‚ prime‚ and conversion costs * CVP analysis Good luck! This is the REAL exam‚ so choose your time to enter carefully. The Midterm counts towards 19% of your grade. The questions are listed on multiple pages‚ so remember to click to the second page. Your time limit
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Annotated Bibliography Article Miller‚ P & O’Leary‚ T 1997‚ ‘Accounting and the Construction of the Governable Person’‚ Accounting‚ Organizations and Society‚ vol.12‚ n.03‚ pp235-265. Main Argument In this article‚ Miller et al. concern about the understanding of the historical foundation of accounting practice by investigating how theories of costing and budgeting were constructed in the first thirty years of the 20th century. In addition‚ the
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TYPES OF COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES Apple Inc. Cost Leadership Strategy Cost leadership strategy has been highly adopted by Apple Inc in its endeavors of ensuring competitiveness and success in the technology industry. The company’s management has been able to draw policies and strategies that are aimed at ensuring that the company is the lowest cost producer and distributor. • By lowering the cost of production and management‚ Apple Inc has been given golden opportunities on determining prices
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