The Manager and Management Accounting Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved 1. 2. 3. Distinguish financial accounting from management accounting Understand how management accountants help firms make strategic decisions Describe the set of business functions in the value chain and identify the dimensions of performance that customers are expecting of companies Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1-2 4. 5. 6. 7. Explain the five-step decision-making
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9 PART I Purpose of Cost Accounting 9 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 10 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 11 CHAPTER 1 Role of Cost Accounting When properly implemented‚ the cost accounting function can have a pervasive influence in the modern corporation. Unfortunately‚ it is not always properly implemented because management often is not completely aware of all the uses to which the cost accounting function can be put. This chapter describes the main categories
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Cost Accounting Manual 2013 STUDY NOTES FOR COST ACCOUNTING BY ATAUSH SHAFI Last Updated on: Tuesday‚ January 01 01‚ 2013 1 © For Suggestions & Feedbacks‚ contact: ATAUSH SHAFI (ataushshafi@gmail.com) Cost Accounting Manual 2013 Table of Contents CIMA OFFICIAL TERMINOLOGY .................................................................................... 3 COST OF GOODS SOLD FORMULE................................................................................ 13 COST CLASSIFICATION ...
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Practice Questions Problem 1.8. Suppose you own 5‚000 shares that are worth $25 each. How can put options be used to provide you with insurance against a decline in the value of your holding over the next four months? You should buy 50 put option contracts (each on 100 shares) with a strike price of $25 and an expiration date in four months. If at the end of four months the stock price proves to be less than $25‚ you can exercise the options and sell the shares
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Matthew Ponzurick Accounting 305-001 Spring 2013 Chapter 21 Summary Leasing Environment Many companies these days choose to lease buildings or certain structures rather than owning them because there is more money involved in leasing a property. In 2010 521 billion dollars were made through leasing properties. The question to answer is what type of equipment may be leased‚ and the answer is any type of equipment is allowed to be leased. For example; railcars‚ helicopters‚ bulldozers‚ barges
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Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following entities would not require accounting information pertaining to their economic activities? a. Social clubs. b. Not-for-profit entities. c. State governments. D. All of these require accounting information. e. None of these requires accounting information. Difficulty: Easy 2. Which of the following is not an objective of financial reporting described in FASB Concepts Statement No. 1? a. To provide information about how management of
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Governmental Acct. Chapter 1 Homework 1-1) What justifies the different accounting & financial reporting practices of gvmt. & not-for-profit organizations as compared with business organizations? The fact that governments may have a monopoly on the services that they provide and the taxpayers must provide resources to them regardless of what they are‚ and efficiency is hard to measure as well as the quantity or quality of the services. 1-2) Describe the principal differences that distinguish
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CHAPTER 4 Engagement Planning LEARNING OBJECTIVES | Review Checkpoints | Exercises‚ Problems and Simulations | 1. List and describe the activities auditors undertake before beginning an engagement. | 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 | 53‚ 54‚ 55‚ 62‚ 66 | 2. Identify the procedures and sources of information auditors can use to obtain knowledge of a client’s business and industry. | 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9 | 52‚ 56‚ 59‚ 65 | 3. Perform analytical procedures to
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Practice Questions Problem 1.1 What is the difference between a long forward position and a short forward position? When a trader enters into a long forward contract‚ she is agreeing to buy the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in the future. When a trader enters into a short forward contract‚ she is agreeing to sell the underlying asset for a certain price at a certain time in the future. Problem 1.2. Explain carefully the difference
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EntertainmentNow.com Prepared for Dr. Lucian Zelazny Department of Accounting McCoy College of Business 601 University Drive San Marcos‚ Texas 78666 Prepared by Veronica Piña Rupinder Singh Ashley Vollmer April 23‚ 2013 EntertainmentNow.com Case Overview EntertainmentNow.com is considered one of the world’s leading Internet retailers of entertainment products that sells an array of books‚ music‚ videos‚ and DVD’s‚ toys‚ and small electronics on the company’s International website
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