Cost Allocations & Activity Based Costing (ABC) Abstract The cost allocation is a process of assigning costs to different activities. There is several methodology of cost allocation. The cost driver allocates costs into different activities and locations. Health organizations use different allocation methods according to their needs to attain organization and profitability. The purpose of allocation is to make the understanding
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manufacturing facilities. 11 Decision Making and Relevant Information C h a p t e r Working Working with managers to make decisions is one of the main functions of the management accountant and an important thrust of this book. The use of accounting information for decision making has been a consistent theme in earlier chapters. In this chapter‚ we focus on specific and common decisions such as accepting or rejecting a one-time-only special order‚ insourcing or outsourcing products or services
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customers has vastly increased making it much more difficult to keep track of the finance and performance. This is where accounting plays its role of systematically recording‚ reporting and analysing the financial transactions of a business. This essay aims to compare and contrast the roles and responsibilities of a management accountant with that of a financial accountant. Accounting allows a company to analyse the financial performance of a business and represent its position through past and future
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THE COST AND SALES CONCEPT Cost is defined as a reduction in the value of an asset for the purpose of securing benefit or gain. Cost is defined in a hotel and restaurant as the expense to a hotel or restaurant for goods or services when the goods are consumed or the services are rendered. KINDS OF COSTS 1. Fixed costs – are those that are normally unaffected by changes in sales volume. They are said to have little direct relationship to the business volume because they do not change
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boxes of staples a year. The boxes cost $4 each. It costs $10 to order staples‚ and carrying costs are $0.80 per box on an annual basis. Determine: (A) the order quantity that will minimize the sum of ordering and holding boxes of staples (B) the annual cost of ordering and carrying the boxes of staples 2. . A service garage uses 120 boxes of cleaning cloths a year. The boxes cost $6 each. Ordering cost is $3 and holding cost is 10 percent of purchase cost per unit on an annual basis. Determine:
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and qualitative‚ only the revenues and costs which are affected by the decision are relevant.In the short term‚ fixed costs remain fixed and therefore are irrelevant for decision making. The variable cost will change with the level of activity.Factors which are not relevant to decision-making include:-SUNK COSTS:Costs which have already been incurred e.g. costs of Research by gaining information from research it makes decision making process easier but the costs are irrelevant as the decisions will
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Managerial Accounting (MA) บัญชีบริหาร เป็นการจัดทำและนำเสนอข้อมูลและสารสนเทศทางการเงินที่เป็นอยู่ใ นปัจจุบันแก่ผู้บริหารและพนักงานภายในองค์กร ความสำคัญของบัญชีบริหาร MA เป็นเครื่องมือหนึ่งที่สำคัญในการบริหาร เนื่องจากเป็นสิ่งที่มีบทบาทในการสนับสนุนหน้าที่หลักของการบริ หารทั้ง 4 ที่มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อบรรลุเป้าหมายขององค์กร โดยช่วยปรับลักษณะเชิงพรรณนาของกลยุทธ์ให้อยู่ในรูปเชิงปริมาณท ี่สามารถปฏิบัติงานได้จริง หน้าที่หลักของการบริหารองค์กร กระบวนการของ MA บทบาทของ MA ที่ช่วยสนับสนุนหน้าที่
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entries‚ closing entries and reversing entries The purpose of closing entry is to transfer profit and loss to owner’s equity account‚ produce a zero balance in each of the temporary account. P/L summary is another temporary account to which revenue and cost incurred in the period are closed‚ also it helps avoid excessive details in the capital account. The purpose of reversing entries : to prevent double counting entries‚ usually occurs on the first day of the new period on the general journal.
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Neyveli Lignite Corporation Areas which create Responsibilities Coal projects have numerous environmental and social costs that need to be fully accounted Without accounting for all associated costs‚ an effective evaluation of viable alternatives is impossible. The Energy Strategy must provide for full cost accounting for coal and other energy Industry Life cycle Cost Analysis which is very important issue for Coal Industry (for mining‚ processing‚ transportation‚ combustion‚ and storage)
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Introduction According to The Environment Agency in the United Kingdom (2006)‚ Environmental Accounting can be defined as: “The collection‚ analysis and assessment of environmental and financial performance data obtained from business management information systems‚ environmental management and financial accounting systems. The taking of corrective management action to reduce environmental impacts and costs plus‚ where appropriate‚ the external reporting of the environmental and financial benefits
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