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    Joint-cost allocation. Elsie Dairy Products Corp. buys one input‚ full-cream milk‚ and refines it in a churning process. From each gallon of milk Elsie produces three cups of butter and nine cups of buttermilk. During May 2010‚ Elsie bought 12‚000 gallons of milk for $22‚250. Elsie spent another $9‚430 on the churning process to separate the milk into butter and buttermilk. Butter could be sold immediately for $2.20 per pound and buttermilk could be sold immediately for $1.20 per quart (note: two

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    the unfair headquarters’ overhead cost allocation method of Korea insurance company. There are concerns towards the system by a manager. And that lead to reduce on net income of branches. Jin Kim is trying to develop more efficient systems. The reading text is about the headquarters’ cost allocation method of Korea insurance Co. Inc. Jin Kim‚ manager of the company‚ accused that the costing systems is inefficient as it leads to decrease in incremental cost inappropriately and discourages employees

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    term manufacturing overhead? | A) | Factory overhead | B) | Pervasive costs | C) | Burden | D) | Indirect manufacturing costs | 2. | Which one of the following is an example of a period cost? | A) | A change in benefits for the union workers who work in the New York plant of a Fortune 1000 manufacturer. | B) | Workers’ compensation insurance on factory workers’ wages allocated to the factory. | C) | A box cost associated with computers. | D) | A manager’s salary for work that is

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    Receivable 4‚150 Increase in Inventories 5‚900 Decrease in Salaries Payable 1‚130 11‚180 Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities P153‚850 COST VOLUME PROFIT 1. Melanie Company produces a merchandise that has the following data: Unit Sales price P80 per unit Unit vairiable costs P48 per unit Total fixes costs P640‚000 per annum Units sold during the current year P25‚000 units

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    is "flexible" in the sense that a 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

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    Variable costing vs Absorption costing Variable and Absorption costing are two different methods and ways that many organizations use to determine and calculate product cost. The income statements formats of both methods include period and product costs. However‚ each one has a different cost classification definition. Both have the same direct material and direct labor allocation‚ the differences is how they report the income‚ product‚ and pricing One of the main differences between

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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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    12 PRICING DECISIONS AND COST MANAGEMENT 12-1 The three major influences on pricing decisions are 1. Customers 2. Competitors 3. Costs 12-2 Not necessarily. For a one-time-only special order‚ the relevant costs are only those costs that will change as a result of accepting the order. In this case‚ full product costs will rarely be relevant. It is more likely that full product costs will be relevant costs for long-run pricing decisions. 12-3 Two examples of pricing decisions with a short-run

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    Final Exam Practice Questions – Series H 1. The Work in Process inventory account of a manufacturing company shows a balance of $18‚000 at the end of an accounting period. The job cost sheets of the two uncompleted jobs show charges of $6‚000 and $3‚000 for materials‚ and charges of $4‚000 and $2‚000 for direct labor. From this information‚ it appears that the company is using a predetermined overhead rate‚ as a percentage of direct labor costs‚ of:  A. 50% B. 200% C. 300% D. 20% 2. Job 607

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    Average Variable Cost : 2002            $1‚011‚008**                              **$417‚004+$124‚101.20+$117‚903+$351‚000 2003             1‚142‚681.00**                          ** $520‚069+$171‚622.70+$79‚888+$371‚101 2004              1‚798.131.00 **                          ** $915‚787.50+$320‚525.52 +$115‚999+$445‚819 Total             $3‚951‚820.00 No.of Years             3 Average VC        $1‚317‚273.00 Average Customers   8‚202.00 Average VC per unit     $161.00 Fixed Cost        $174

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