Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts Solutions to Questions 1-1 The three major elements of product costs in a manufacturing company are direct materials‚ direct labor‚ and manufacturing overhead. 1-2 a. Direct materials are an integral part of a finished product and their costs can be conveniently traced to it. b. Indirect materials are generally small items of material such as glue and nails. They may be an integral part of a finished product but their costs can be
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Cost Accounting‚ 14e‚ Global Edition (Horngren/Datar/Rajan) Chapter 12 Pricing Decisions and Cost Management Objective 12.1 1) Companies should only produce and sell units as long as: A) there is customer demand for the product B) the competition allows it C) the revenue from an additional unit exceeds the cost of producing it D) there is a generous supply of low-cost direct materials Answer: C Diff: 2 Terms: target price Objective: 1 AACSB: Ethical reasoning 2) Too high a price may: A)
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making across the various functional areas of an organization Managerial accounting: the form of accounting concerned with providing information to managers for use in planning and controlling operations and for decision making Financial accounting: the form of accounting concerned with providing information to shareholders‚ creditors‚ and others outside the organization The work of managers and their need for managerial accounting information Every organization has managers – someone must be
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Chapter 1 E1-4. The Role and Environment of Managerial Finance 11 Agency Costs Answer: Agency costs are the costs borne by stockholders to maintain a governance structure that ensures against dishonest acts of management‚ and gives managers the financial incentive to maximize share price. One example of agency costs is stock options‚ which are used to provide an incentive for managers to work diligently for the benefit of the firm. Tips are similar to stock options in that they
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PROBLEM 1. The Huyden Company builds equipment to customer’s specifications. On March 1‚ two jobs were in process with the following costs and information: | Job 43 | Job 44 | Direct materials | $10‚200 | $34‚400 | Direct labor | 21‚000 | 10‚400 | Applied overhead* | 4‚950 | 7‚370 | Total cost | $36‚150 | $52‚170 | | | | Machine hours | 45 | 67 | *Applied on the basis of machine hours During March‚ Job 45 was started and Job 44 was completed and delivered to
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Midterm Exam You will have 2 ½ hours to complete the exam. The exam is open note and open book‚ everything but open conversation. There are nine (9) problems worth 30 points each. Take your time. You cannot stop and restart the exam. You will not need a proctor for the exam. You will need to know how to calculate the following: Product costs Period costs Variable costs Fixed costs High-low method Prepare a contribution format income statement Prepare a traditional format income statement
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Dawn Howarth ACC122 Managerial Accounting Career Paper Baker College What is Managerial Accounting Managerial accounting is the process of identifying‚ recording‚ analyzing and finally presenting the financial data which is used by the management and business owners for the purposes of command and for decision making. The difference between financial accounting and management accounting Financial accounting is reported publicly while management accounting is used by the company or organization
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Internal managerial accounting systems are used to provide great information so that the management team can make great decisions. According to http://smallbusiness.chron.com/objectives-internal-managerial-accounting-systems-20945.html manufacturing plants uses these systems to help in costing and managing the manufacturing process. The main objective is to make an internal managerial accounting system provide the information to the mangers so that they can make good sound decisions. The goal is
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Managerial Accounting Vs Financial Accounting Resources carbon.cudenver.edu/~gcolbert/6550.ch12.pdf MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND COST-VOLUME-PROFIT Managerial Accounting Contrasted to Financial Accounting. Managerial accounting supports Managerial Accounting vs. Financial Accounting cob.ohio-state.edu/~bentz_1/525/problems/Finvsmgrl.doc Bentz Financial vs. Managerial Accounting in which financial accounting and managerial accounting are alike in which managerial accounting seems to differ from
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Faculty of Business Administration Department of Accounting BBA Program COURSE OUTLINE Term: Summer 2012 – 2013 I. Course Code and Title : BBA – 2210: Managerial Accounting II. Credit : 3 credit hours III. Course Description: This course introduces management accounting as an interactive discipline among the young learners and covers a wide range of issues leading to managerial decision making such as: Definition and features of managerial accounting; cost terms‚ concepts‚ and classifications; cost
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