change of RELEVANT items ONLY. The company’s calculation is WRONG‚ as it takes into concern of irrelevant fixed cost. By double-counting depreciation‚ other Mfg. overheads‚ SG&A in Sunday’s cost; it distorts the P&L sheet. To correctly show cost structure for decision making‚ there are two different approaches‚ yet each should reach same conclusion. Approach 1: Differential Cost Approach As suggested in case‚ by producing 4 unites on Sunday‚ total depreciation‚ total Mfg. overhead and SG&A
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CHapter 16 THE BEHAVIOR OF COSTS Changes from the Twelfth Edition All changes to Chapter 16 were minor. Approach We have retained our approach of putting all C-V-P topics in a single chapter because many schools’ marketing and management accounting core courses start simultaneously‚ and marketing likes to have break-even analysis covered early in the management accounting course. Also‚ if there are students in the course with work experience or‚ in the case of MBA courses‚ with some
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1/ Variable Costs: The variable cost will be 40% higher [ an increase of 21‚000 - 15‚000=6‚000 units] Direct Material used 1‚060‚000 Variable Costs: Direct Labor 1‚904‚000 Direct material used [ 1‚060‚000 *1.4] 1‚484‚000 Unit costs [ 6‚335‚600 / 21‚000] =$ 301.7 Indirect Materials and supplies 247‚000 Direct Labor [ 1‚904‚000 * 1.4] 2‚665‚600 Variable Cost/ Unit = 228.27 at both 15k & 21k units Power to run plant eqip 213‚000 Indirect Materials
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only variable manufacturing costs. Answer: False Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: absorption costing Absorption costing “absorbs” all manufacturing costs‚ both fixed and variable. 2. Variable costing includes all variable costs — both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing — in inventory. Answer: False Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 Terms to Learn: variable costing Variable costing includes only manufacturing variable costs in inventory. 3. Under both
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leLECTURE 5a Cost Estimation/Segregation Techniques Cost estimation is a term used to describe the measurement of historical cost so as to be able to predict future costs for management decision making. That is‚ historical information is analyzed to provide estimates on which to base future operational To do cost estimation‚ it is important for the Accountants to be able to ascertain the activity level as well as cost drivers which exert main influence on the company activity. A cost driver is
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is a part of: B. Conversion cost. Labor that cannot be physically traced to particular product is treated as indirect labor and as manufacturing overhead. Conversion cost is the sum of direct labor and manufacturing overhead. These costs are incurred to convert materials into the finished product. Indirect labor is treated as part of manufacturing overhead. 2. Prime cost and conversion cost share what common element of total cost? B. Direct labor. Prime cost is the sum of direct materials
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Project Administration‚ Procedure No: 1 PROJECT COST CONTROL SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION General 1. Three distinct tasks are required to achieve effective cost control of a project. These are:a. Planning and Organising the project. b. Recording and Reporting Costs during the execution of the project. c. Taking Corrective action if the cost reports indicate such action is necessary. The greatest control of costs is achieved at the planning and organising stage of any project‚ more so if the design
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predatory pricing allegation against BuyGasCo Corporation ("BuyGasCo"). It speaks only to the nature of the cost accounting system that we‚ as students of accounting‚ think to be appropriate for addressing the issues presented by cases of this general type. We offer our views on this subject out of concern about the allocation of indirect costs used in assessing the appropriate gasoline cost value in State of Florida v. BuyGasCo Corporation‚ 2003-05143 (D. FL. 2003). We regard the allocation system
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Cost and Revenue Curves Simulation Having different business objectives is one way of showing the differences in output and its way to use total revenues and total cost curves. The shape of the total cost will depend on what happens to marginal cost. The profit maximizing outputs occurs when at the greatest vertical distance between the TR and TC curves. However‚ revenue maximization occurs at a higher output level. Any corporation is an organization with several groups like employees‚ managers
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Question 1 1. Mrs. Granberry is going to sell Christmas tree lights for $20 a box. The lights cost Marsha $5 a unit and any unsold lights can be returned for a full refund. She is planning to rent a booth at the upcoming Happy Holidays Convention‚ which offers three options: 1. paying a fixed fee of $1‚500‚ or 2. paying a $500 fee plus 10% of revenues made at the convention‚ or 3. paying 25% of revenues made at the convention.Which of the following statements is FALSE? Answer | | One
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