American Greetings Corporation IFRS Implementation Property‚ Plant‚ and Equipment is the largest asset account for American Greetings‚ with a 2011 net balance of $241‚649‚000. American Greetings carries its property‚ plant and equipment at cost. Depreciation and amortization of buildings‚ equipment and fixtures are computed principally by the straight-line method over the useful lives of the various assets. The cost of buildings is depreciated over 40 years; computer hardware and software over
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EXERCISE 3–1: Process Costing and Job-Order Costing [LO1] Which method of determining product costs‚ job-order costing or process costing‚ would be more appropriate in each of the following situations? * a. An Elmer’s glue factory. * b. A textbook publisher such as McGraw-Hill. * c. An Exxon oil refinery. * d. A facility that makes Minute Maid frozen orange juice. * e. A Scott paper mill. * f. A custom home builder. * g. A shop that customizes vans. * h. A
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MARGINAL COSTING Introduction This paper explores the use of cost accounting information for decision-making purposes. DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS Marginal cost: This is the cost of a unit of a product or service‚ which would be avoided if that unit or service was not produced or provided Break-even point: This is the volume of sales where there is neither profit nor loss. 1 9 6 COST ACCOUNTING S T U D Y T E X T Margin of safety: This is the excess of sales over the break-even volume in
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A process costing system is a costing system in which the cost of a product or service is obtained by assigning costs to masses of like or similar units. Unit costs are then calculated on an average basis. Process costing systems are used in industries that produce like or similar units which are often mass produced. In these industries‚ products are manufactured in a very similar way. The companies usually use the same amount of direct materials‚ direct manufacturing labor costs and manufacturing
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they do not make a difference between those costs that are fixed‚ and those that are variable. As a result‚ management became obligated to rely on the alternative variable costing method which provides better information for managerial accounting purposes. Although it is not allowed for external reporting‚ the variable costing method is preferred by managers because it generates great tools for internal decision making purposes CITATION Nat76 \l 1033 (Accountants‚ 1976). Introduction Accounting
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= 7‚000 + (5‚000 × 50%) = 9‚500 units Labor and factory overhead = 7‚000 + (5‚000 × 25%) = 8‚250 units 35‚600 -------$174‚410 ======= 2. Cost of Production Report - Normal Loss: For December‚ the Production Control Department of Carola Chemical‚ Inc.‚ reported the following production data for Department 2: Transferred in from Department 1 Transferred out to Department 3 In process at the end of December 55‚000 liters 39‚500liters 10‚500 liters (with 1/2 labor and factory overhead)
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I. Discuss Process Costing‚ clearly bringing out its advantages and disadvantages. DEFINITION Costs are accumulated in costing systems. According to Glautier and Underdown (2001)‚ the development of costing systems reflects the manner in which accounting methods have been adapted to the needs of different forms of activity and technology‚ and also to the appearance of advanced manufacturing techniques that have been a feature of recent years. Cost accounting systems allow full product costs to
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allocation rate Overhead allocation Job 450 5 DL hours Job 455 5 DL hours × $46/ DL hour $ 230 × $46 / DL hour $ 230 Req. 4 Overhead allocation based on departmental rates: Job 450 Machining Department: Departmental allocation rate × Machine hours used by Job Overhead allocation × $60/ MH 3 MH $180 Job 455 × $60/ MH 6 MH $360 1 Finishing Department: Departmental allocation rate × DL hours used by Job Overhead allocation Total overhead allocation
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progress. According to ACCA article‚ in back flush accounting costs are not associated with units until they are completed or sold. Back flush accounting is also called delayed costing‚ as costs are not allocated to production until after events have occurred. From view by other author‚ back flush accounting is a costing system that omits recording some of all of the journal entries relating to the cycle from purchase of direct materials to the sales of finished goods (Robert‚ 2011). According to
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: COSTING AND BUDGETING ------------------------------------------------- Amaya Gamage BM/C/43/32 SUBMITTED TO: Mr. Anuruddha Yapa 30.07.2012 Acknowledgement I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who helped me to finish this project on Costing and Budgeting. I have taken a lot of effort in finishing this assignment successfully. I express my heartfelt gratitude especially to our lecturer of Management Accounting: Costing and Budgeting module
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