A Note on Direct Costs Garrison et al.[1] define direct cost as a cost that can be easily and conveniently traced to a specific cost object. They go on to say that the concept of direct cost extends beyond just direct materials and direct labor. This is a reasonably accurate definition but I think you need a little more information to help you understand how to use this concept. There are certain features of direct costs that I would like to explain with this note. In the problems in Chapter
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Managerial Accounting Exam 1 1. Managerial accounting places considerable weight on: A) generally accepted accounting principles. B) the financial history of the entity. C) ensuring that all transactions are properly recorded. D) detailed segment reports about departments‚ products‚ and customers. Answer: D AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Measurement LO: 1 Level: Easy 2. The plans of management are often expressed formally in:
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1. Basic Concepts Product cost = Direct Labor (DL) + Direct Materials (DM) + Manufacturing Overhead (MOH) Financial accounting Managerial Accounting + Sales + Sales - COGS - Variable Costs = Gross Profit = Contribution Margin - SG&A - Fixed Costs = Net Profit = Net Profit COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) is an “inventoriable cost” ( recorded in the Balance Sheet as inventory and expensed (Income Statement) when goods are sold SG&A (Selling‚ General & Administrative) are
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Exercise 2-2 | | |Product |Period Cost | | | |(Inventoriable) Cost | | |1. |Depreciation on salespersons’ cars | |X | |2.
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Accounting 211: Introduction to Managerial Accounting Fall 2013 Syllabus Professor Feng Gao‚ Ph.D. Phone: (312) 996 – 4438 Office Hours: Monday 1:00 – 2:00pm 2321 UH Wednesday 1:00 – 2:00pm 2321 UH Teaching Assistant Uma Mulakala Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:00pm 2347 UH Thursday 1:00-3:00pm 2347 UH Anita Ivanova Office Hours/Review Sessions: TBA Course Email: actg211uic@gmail.com Class Schedule 27836 11:00-11:50 M/W/F LC A001 27837
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Welcome to Managerial Accounting. In this module‚ we will provide a general overview of activity based costing‚ specifically: What is activity based costing? Welcome to Managerial Accounting Instructor: O Martin Email Instructor __________________________ ACTIVITY BASED COSTING SYSTEM Two stage process Activity pools Activity categories With & Without ABC example What is Activity based costing (ABC)? Activity based costing (ABC) assigns manufacturing overhead costs to products in a more logical
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Part 1 of Final Project Melissa Scott 1/28/2014 Pablo Simon Managerial Accounting Strategic business decisions are essential to achieve the long-term goals of the company. Strategies are mostly concerned with the scope of business activities and growth in the business (Rosenzweig‚ 2013). They form the fundamental basis for any organization‚ which is based on the facts and in-depth analysis. Historical trends in the financial statement provide for guidance about the performance
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Chapter 1 Managerial Accounting: Tools for Decision Making Discussion QUESTIONS Q1-1. Financial accounting is oriented toward external users and is concerned with general-purpose financial statements. These financial accounting statements are highly aggregated‚ report on relatively long time periods‚ are oriented toward the past‚ and must conform to external standards. These standards emphasize the use of objective data. Management accounting is oriented toward internal users and is
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Benedictine University MBA 601 Managerial Accounting Final Project (paper) Outsourcing In today’s business environment‚ outsourcing becomes more and more popular and important for all kind of companies because more and more companies realized the benefits of outsourcing. Outsourcing is the process by which the company contracts to another one to supply some goods and services. Outsourcing is not only used in the domestic business‚ but also used in the international business that is the offshoring
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