Business Ethics in Managerial Accounting When companies don’t see the importance of business ethics in managerial accounting they usually end up down the same road as Enron: bankrupt. And while that isn’t always true‚ the importance of business ethics in managerial accounting cannot be understated if you want your company to be a success. Why Ethics Is Important in Managerial Accounting The Enron scandal is probably the most well-known example of improper accounting ethics on the part
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Chapter 2 Quiz 1.) The cost of goods manufactured for a period is the amount transferred from work in process inventory to finished goods inventory during the period? (TRUE) 2.) Differential costs can only be variable costs? (FALSE) can be fixed or variable 3.) The cost of napkins put on each person’s tray at a fast food restaurant is a fixed cost? (FALSE) 4.) A fixed cost is a constant per unit of product? (FALSE) variable would be true 5.) In a manufacturing firm all costs are product costs? (FALSE)
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company. Managerial accounting is primarily used by individuals within a company or organization. The main purpose of financial accounting is to prepare financial reports that provide information about an organization’s performance to external parties like creditors‚ investors and tax authorities (Hilton‚ 2006). There are several key differences between both managerial and financial accounting. The first key difference is in the purpose of each method. For example‚ managerial accountings’ purpose
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CHAPTER 4 PROBLEMS Q(4-1): Explain the primary difference between job-order and process costing ? Job-order costing * Costs accumulated by the job. * Work in process has a job-cost sheet for each job. * Many unique‚ high cost jobs. * Jobs built to customer order. Process costing * Costs accumulated by department or process. * Work in process has a production report for each batch of products. * A few identical‚ low cost products. *
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product costing definitions. b. It uses unit-based activity drivers to assign overhead to products. c. It is cheaper than an activity-based costing system. d. It offers greater product costing accuracy than an activity-based costing system. ____ 2. Unit-based product costing uses which of the following procedures? a. Overhead costs are traced to departments‚ then costs are traced to products. b. Overhead costs are traced to activities‚ then costs are traced to products. c. Overhead costs are
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Introduction Accounting for leases is regulated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in United States .Standards for accounting leases have been effective since 1977 (Accounting Standard Board‚ 2004). The primary standard for lease accounting is Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 (FAS 13). According to FASB (1976)‚ a lease is an agreement conveying the right to use property‚ plant‚ and equipment (PPE) usually for a stated period of time. Examples of assets that can
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Practice Exam 2 1. Short Stay Surgery uses a job costing system for all patients who have surgery. The clinic uses a normal costing system with operating hours as the allocation base. For the month of March‚ estimated total operating hours in the surgery suits were 3‚200 hours. The estimated overhead costs for the suites were $640‚000. Patient Sarah Handy was in surgery for 2.5 hours. Other costs related to Handy’s surgery include: Patient medicine $ 50
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Managerial Accounting Chapters 11-13 Chapter 10 – 3 Relevant costs are costs that are avoidable by choosing another alternative. If a variable cost differs between alternatives in a decision‚ than it is relevant; however‚ it is not necessarily true that ALL variable costs are relevant. Chapter 10 – 7 Prentiss would need to isolate the unavoidable costs of the product line first. A decision of whether a product line or other segment should be dropped should focus on the differences in the
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Chapter 2 1. Which of the following would be considered a product cost for external financial reporting purposes? a. Cost of a warehouse used to store finished goods. b. Cost of guided public tours through the company’s facilities. c. Cost of travel necessary to sell the manufactured product. d. Cost of sand spread on the factory floor to absorb oil from manufacturing machines. 1. Which of the following would be considered a product cost for external financial reporting purposes
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Predetermined overhead rate = budgeted overhead ÷ budgeted direct-labor cost = $2‚730‚000 ÷ $2‚100‚000 = 130% of direct labor cost 2. Additions (debits) total $7‚802‚500 [$2‚800‚000 + $2‚175‚000 + ($2‚175‚000 x 130%)]. 3. The finished-goods inventory consisted of job no. 3154‚ which cost $175‚750 [$78‚000 + $42‚500 + ($42‚500 x 130%)]. 4. Since there is no work in process at year-end‚ all amounts in the Work-in-Process account must be transferred to Finished-Goods Inventory. Thus:
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