have identified to an accounting theory of your choice (e.g.‚ Normative‚ Positive etc.). There are various definitions of theory: A coherent set of hypothetical‚ conceptual and pragmatic principles forming the general framework of reference for a field of inquiry’ (Hendriksen 1970) A scheme or system of ideas or statements held as an explanation or account of a group of facts or phenomena’ (The Oxford English Dictionary) There are many theories of financial accounting that is there is no universally
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CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE The study aims to help and assess the effectiveness of computerize accounting system for organizations. It applies a case study plan to create the appropriate system for the Mimosa Company which is chosen by the proponents to be the case of the study. This chapter includes related literature to support the development of the proponents study and. The following literatures are to affirm the need to create a computerize system for the said company
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Cost and Price Analysis Instructor: Name: Class: Finance 230 Date: Period: Results: 1) Why is it important for the government to exercise good fiscal judgment when spending funds? Government employees are held responsible for use of good judgment so those excessive prices are not paid. 2) List and describe four types of market based pricing. Be sure to provide at least one (1) example of each type. Competitive Offers – response to solicitation encouraging competing offers Established
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budget can be prepared for any level of activity‚ but once a budget is set the budget figures are not changed if actual activity later proves to be different than budgeted activity. True False 2. In a performance report‚ actual costs should be compared to budgeted costs at the original budgeted activity level. True False 3. The overhead spending variance and the overhead efficiency variance are useful only if variable overhead really should be proportional to the activity measure that is being
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Definition and explanation of mixed or semi variable cost: A mixed cost is one that contains both variable and fixed cost elements. Mixed cost is also known as semi variable cost. Examples of mixed costs include electricity and telephone bills. A portion of these expenses are usually consists line rent. Line rent normally is fixed for each month. Variable portion consists units consumed or calls made. The relationship between mixed cost and level of activity can be expressed by the following equation
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Week 4 Practice Quiz 1. Budgeting is the common accounting tool companies use for planning and controlling. Budgets a. provide a measure of planned financial results. b. focus managers’ energies on exploiting opportunities. c. help managers anticipate potential problems. d. enable managers to control through a set of specific activities with defined corrective actions. 2. [AICPA Adapted] Dewitt Co. budgeted its activity for October 2004 from the following information:
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TARGET COST MANAGEMENT‚ STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Associate Professor GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY Sugimoto‚ Sumiyoshi‚ Osaka 558 JAPAN TEL +81 6 605 2201 FAX +81 6 605 2200 HIROSHI OKANO Draft for 1996 IMVP Sponsors Meeting Figures included at the end of the document. I. INTRODUCTION Target cost management (TCM) is an innovation of Japanese management accounting system and by common sense has been considered with great interest by practitioners
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Technology Management Accounting Mary Jay Angela Tinimbang Mrs. Rosalinda A. Caoili February 15‚ 2013 1st Year Business Management Section A Academic Year 2013-2014 Contents Case 1 3 Classify the different types of costs (1.1) 4 Case 2 6 Use different costing methods (1.2) 7 Case 3 8 Calculate costs using appropriate techniques (1.3) 9 Case 4 12 Analyse cost data using appropriate techniques. (1.4) 13 Case 5 14 Prepare and analyse routine cost reports (2.1) 15 Use
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LABOUR COST ACCOUNTING. It is concerned with identifying the amount of labour costs to be changed to jobs and overhead accounts. Where a manufacturing organization operates a job costing system‚ information on the labour costs should be properly captured from the following documents:- i) Job Cards: This is open for each job‚ when the job is started‚ the time of starting is entered on the job card and when it is completed‚ the completion time is also entered. The difference between the two
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Costs and Revenues What is cost? If you go to a store and like an item and you want to buy it‚ which of the following questions would you ask: What’s the price of …..? 0R How much does …. cost? Examples of costs – set-up Examples of costs - running Fixed Costs 5000 What happened to the fixed costs if for some reason the company had technical problems and was unable to produce for 2 weeks? What happens if the landlord decided to raise the rent due to high property prices
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