1. What was the Kanthal president‚ Ridderstråle‚ attempting to accomplish with the Account Management System? Are these sensible goals? Ridderstrale had the objective to find hidden profits and losses contained in their current accounting system. The old system did not fully disclose how their costs were applied to the sales accounts. The goals are very sensible as they will allow them to move forward with the proper information. 2. Why did Ridderstråle feel that the previous cost system
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pages are indicated. © OCR 2009 [H/500/7722] SP (NF) T77015/2 OCR is an exempt Charity Turn over 2 1* Paula Redwood‚ a sole trader‚ prepared the following Trial Balance from her accounts on 30 April 2009. Rent General expenses Insurance Salaries Electricity Capital Motor expenses Bad debts Drawings Debtors Creditors Bank Stock 10% Loan Loan interest Carriage outwards Commission received Purchases Sales Purchases returns Sales returns Discounts allowed Discounts
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A01 Profit and loss account: A profit and loss account calculates the amount of gross and net profit that a business takes on an annual basis; it also outlines the loss which has occurred through the business‚ through necessary overheads. There are many aspects included within a profit and loss account‚ all of which I am going to briefly explain. It is important to have a profit and loss account within a business to enforce correct usage of the money. The company will be able to see where the business
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thank my teachers and my family members. I would like to thank most of all‚ God‚ whom I could not have finished this project without. Aims and Objectives The Aims and Objectives of this project include the following: To prepare all of the accounts and statements for the business “Pastry Delights” To provide the business with carefully thought out and reliable suggestions in order to make the business thrive To show the business how well or how badly they do for the two periods Description
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Theory of Accounts 1. The fundamental qualitative characteristic of faithful representation has the components of a. Predictive value and confirmatory value b. Comparability‚ consistency‚ and confirmatory value c. Understandability‚ predictive value‚ and reliability d. Completeness‚ neutrality‚ and freedom from error 2. The amount reported as “Cash” on a company’s balance sheet normally should exclude a. Postdated checks that are payable to the company b. Cash in a payroll account c. Undelivered
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Principle of Accounts Notes Topic: Introduction to Principles of Accounts What is accounting? Accounting is the process of identifying‚ recording‚ summarizing and communicating financial information to interested parties so that inform judgments and decisions can be made. The Purpose of Accounting: 1) It provides reports on the financial position of an organization and the profitability of its operations. 2) It helps management to make effective and efficient decisions in
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Accounts Receivable Management Accounts receivable are amounts owed by customers on account. They result from the sale of goods and services. They are generally expected to be collected within thirty to sixty days and are the most significant type of claim held by a company. There are two costs associated with extending credit to customers: 1. The cost of the selling company not being able to deposit the monetary value of a completed sale in its bank that is‚ as a result of not collecting cash
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Reimbursements for Expenses By Nancy Smyth | Submitted On January 26‚ 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Nancy Smyth Handling employee reimbursements for business related expenses‚ including mileage
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operating problems. B. Describe the design‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses of Kanthal’s existing (old) cost accounting system. C. Describe the design‚ strengths‚ and weaknesses of Kanthal’s new account management system. D. Assume that Kanthal’s products have gross profit margins (sales prices minus volume-related expenses) of 50% and the SEK 800 cost that Kanthal incurs to handle a customer order is one-third the extra cost the company incurs to handle a manufacturing order for a nonstocked item. Use these
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What was the Kanthal president‚ Ridderstrale‚ attempting to accomplish with the Account Management System? Are these sensible goals? Why or why not? The motivation for Carl-Erik Ridderstrale‚ president of Kanthal‚ to develop an Account Management System was to find a process of determining the profitability of individual customer orders. An accurate account measurement system was needed in order to achieve a strategy for increasing growth and profitability without adding a significant amount of sales
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