Merinos Ltd. uses absoprtion costing to cost their overcoats‚ which means that all of the manufacturing costs are absorbed by the units produced. In the case of ‘Belma’ overcoat this means that cost of a finished overcoat will include direct materials (e.g. leather)‚ direct labour (e.g. skilled labour)‚ and both variable and fixed manufacturing costs (e.g. rent). Non-manufacturing costs are considered as period costs‚ which are costs usually associated with selling
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Module 1: Accounting under ideal conditions Ideal conditions; certainty and uncertainty (including differences & similarities)‚ dividend irrelevancy‚ arbitrage‚ accretion of discount‚ abnormal earnings RRA - SFAS69; weaknesses of RRA (relevant but not as reliable) Historical Accounting Revisited mixed measurement model‚ (relatively reliable but lacks relevance)‚ revenue recognition‚ recognition lag Relevance VS Reliability -> tradeoffs (Without ideal conditions‚ complete relevance &
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Positive Accounting Theory: A Ten Year Perspective Author(s): Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman Reviewed work(s): Source: The Accounting Review‚ Vol. 65‚ No. 1 (Jan.‚ 1990)‚ pp. 131-156 Published by: American Accounting Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/247880 . Accessed: 31/10/2011 02:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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School of Business BTEC HND in Management/Marketing/Information 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
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Question no: 01:- Accounting profit and Economic profit. Economic Profit Implicit cost Accounting profit Explicit cost Total opportunity cost Revenue Revenue How an economist views a firm How an accountant views a firm Accounting profit equals sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs except the cost of equity capital‚ while Economic profit is sales revenue minus ( - ) all costs including the opportunity cost of equity capital. Thus economic profit may be lower than the accounting profit. If accounting
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Imperial College Business School‚ London 18th December 2014 Group Assignment Management Accounting Submitted to: Professor Jeremy Fernando Submitted by: Group E‚ Stream 2 Alaine Sung | Hadrien Jacomino | Mokhtar Ibrahim | Nikhil Gangwani | Ronami Ogulu | Yana Kim Q1 What‚ if anything‚ should John Powell do about Frank Duffy’s reluctance to use KEA-priced linerboard manufactured by a Del Norte Paper Company mill in the United States? Answer 1: Transfer pricing: is
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Management Accounting II Assignment I Marston Corporation manufactures disposable thermometers that are sold to hospitals through a network of independent sales agents located in the United States and Canada. The sales agents sell a variety of products to hospitals in addition to Marston’s disposable thermometer. The sales agents are currently paid an 18% commission on sales‚ and this commission rate was used when Marston’s management prepared the following budgeted income statement for the upcoming
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Types of costs Classification of costs: • Materials – costs of raw materials‚ components and other goods used. • Labor – cost of employees wages and salaries. • Expenses – costs which cannot be included in materials and labor. Variable costs – these costs varies directly with changes in the level of quantity‚ over a defined period of time. Fixed costs – are not affected by the changes in the level of activity‚ over a defined period of time. Semi variable costs – for example
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In today’s society one of the biggest factors in the competitive global marketplace is a high quality product. In most businesses their goal is to create products or services and sell them to customers for a profit. These products or services must live up to a certain quality standard expected by customers. If the quality level is not met‚ there are consequences to face for the business. Therefore‚ quality is important to a business for a number of reasons. Customer and Retention is one of the reasons
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CAPACITY ANALYSIS 9-1 No. Differences in operating income between variable costing and absorption costing are due to accounting for fixed manufacturing costs. Under variable costing only variable manufacturing costs are included as inventoriable costs. Under absorption costing both variable and fixed manufacturing costs are included as inventoriable costs. Fixed marketing and distribution costs are not accounted for differently under variable costing and absorption costing. 9-2 The term direct costing
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