Discussions for Managerial Accounting: Week 4: Discussion 1 How does activity-based costing differ from the traditional costing approach? When would it give more accurate costs than traditional costing systems? * Activity based costing (ABC) is a method for assigning costs to products‚ services‚ projects‚ tasks‚ or acquisitions‚ based on the activities that go into them and the resources consumed by these activities. ABC contrasts with traditional costing‚ which sometimes assigns costs using
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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managerial accounting 9th edition‚Ronald 03. Sadler Corporation purchased equipment to be used in manufacturing. The purchase was made at the beginning of 2006 by paying cash of $150 000. The equipment has an estimated residual value of 10‚000 and an expected useful life of 10 years. At the beginning of 2008‚ Sadler concluded that the total useful life of the equipment will be 8 years rather than 10‚ and that the residual value will be zero. Sadler uses the straight-line method for depreciation
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Chapter 16 “How Well Am I Doing?” Financial Statement Analysis Solutions to Questions 16-1 Horizontal analysis examines how a particular item on a financial statement such as sales or cost of goods sold behaves over time. Vertical analysis involves analysis of items on an income statement or balance sheet for a single period. In vertical analysis of the income statement‚ all items are typically stated as a percentage of sales. In vertical analysis of the balance sheet‚ all items are typically
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+ CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Course: Managerial Accounting‚ No.: COMM 305 & ACCO. 240 Sections: All Examination: Alternate Final Date: June‚ 2006 No. of Pages: 9 including the cover page Material Allowed: Non-programmable calculators and dictionaries Special Instructions: Answer all multiple choice questions in the Answer Sheet form no. 4521 Return the exam questions with your answers. Student Name: Student ID No
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fffffffffffffffffCOURSE SYLLABUS Spring 2013 Frank Stearns Riverside Community College Spring 2013 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING - 1B COURSE SYLLABUS MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING - 1B Table of Contents General Information 3 1.1 Contact Information and Communications 3 1.2 Course Description 3 1.3 Learning Outcomes 3 Identification of Course/Reading Materials 3 2.1 Text and Materials 3 2.2 Internet Access 4 2.4 Web-CT / Open Campus 5 2.5 Log on Instructions 5 Course Requirements
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CHAPTER 5 PRODUCT AND SERVICE COSTING: A PROCESS SYSTEMS APPROACH LEARNING OBJECTIVES AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER‚ YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1. Describe the basic characteristics of process costing‚ including cost flows‚ journal entries‚ and the cost of production report. 2. Describe process costing for settings without work-in-process inventories. 3. Define equivalent units‚ and explain their role in process costing. 4. Prepare a departmental production report using the FIFO method
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CHAPTER 2 EXERCISES & PROBLEMS SOLUTIONS E2.1. Category Financial Statement(s) Cash…………………………………………… A BS Accounts payable…………….……………….. L BS Common stock………………………………… OE BS Depreciation expense………………………….. E IS Net sales……………………………………….. R IS Income tax expense……………………………. E IS Short term investments………………………... A BS Gain on sale of land……………………………. G IS Retained earnings……………………………… OE BS Dividends payable……………………………
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Case Study in Managerial accounting Case 1: Southwest Airlines Part A : General Information Company Name: Southwest Airlines Co. Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange trade market (NYSE) with symbol LUV. Corporate Headquarters are located at the physical address: 2702 Love Field Drive‚ Dallas‚ Texas 75235. Corporate Web Site: http://www.southwest.com. Corporate Web Site for business travelers: http://www.swabiz.com/ Industry Classification Company operates in the Industrial
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ACT 5733 – Advanced Managerial Accounting Home Work Questions Question #1 CF is the new controller for the consumer division of ABC company. In the past five years‚ ABC’s earnings have grown by at least 15% annually‚ with the consumer division’s earnings growing by over 20% annually over the same time-period. In the 4th quarter of the current year‚ however‚ it is projected that consumer’s income will grow by 8% and ABC’s will grow by 10%. ML‚ consumer division’s president‚ wants CF to take
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