Paper P9 – Management Accounting Financial Strategy Post Exam Guide May 2006 Exam Examiner’s General Comments The performance on Paper P9 was extremely disappointing. Many candidates appeared to have done little preparation. It was noted in the November 2005 Post Exam Guide that many candidates demonstrated poor knowledge of even quite basic financial calculations and that their grasp of many basic concepts was also limited. These weaknesses are still evident in May 2006. A further weakness was the
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defined by executives and communicated to the management. There is no goal other the cost reduction at total company level as well as at departmental level. Managers don’t see connection between expenses‚ revenues and overall company’s profitability. As a result managers are frustrated because instead of help that budget is suppose to bring it creates problems. Managers don’t participate in budget’s development; it is purely a task of an accounting department which sets up performance goals for
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voluntary activities? Although there is no consensus being reached about what perspective theories should be used to explain the Social and Environmental Accounting‚ and moreover critique voices are from the works of Marx or by the deep-green or feminist literatures (Deegan‚ 2002)‚ to some extent‚ systems-oriented theory and Positive Accounting Theory can list some hints. This essay will seek to explain the reasons why firms voluntary disclosure information by referring to Legitimacy theory‚ Stakeholder
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PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 36 OBJ: 02-01 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Ethical & Legal understanding | Management: Ethical Responsibilities | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing the task environment 2. The external environment facing business stays relatively constant over time. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 34-35 OBJ: 02-01 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge & Analytical Skills | Management: Environmental Influence | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing the task environment 3. Demographic‚ economic
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cco Management Accounting Tutorial 5 15-3. List and briefly describe 4 major influences on pricing decisions Customer Demand: the demands of customers are of paramount importance in all phases of business operations‚ from the design of a product to the setting of its price. Product-design issues and pricing considerations are interrelated‚ so they must be examined simultaneously. For example‚ for a higher quality product; you need higher quality materials which will affect a higher cost and
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Table of Contents Case 1 Introduction Jill’s business is expanding while the up going GST prevent her from gaining more profits. The idea of replacing the labor with the help of new equipment will bring about an unprofitable break-even point. However Jill still insist on borrowing from bank to invest in the equipment regardless of the CVP analysis result‚ which raised some ethical issues. Analysis Question 1 Defining the stakeholders There are 5 major stakeholders arising
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(a) Briefly explain what prompted some countries over the world to strongly advocate harmonization of accounting. The important reasons which necessitate harmonization of accounting practices are well contained in the observation made by Saudagaran. “While the initial efforts at harmonization were mainly championed by political bodies and professional accounting organizations‚ current pressures to harmonize are driven by investor groups who use financial statements‚ multinational companies which
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CASE 4-33 ACCOUNTING | 15% Commission | 20% Commission | Own Sales Force @ 7.5% | Sales | $ 16‚000‚000 | 100% | $ 16‚000‚000 | 100% | $ 16‚000‚000 | 100% | Variable Expenses: | | | | | | | Manufacturing | $ 7‚200‚000 | | $ 7‚200‚000 | | $ 7‚200‚000 | | Commissions | $ 2‚400‚000 | | $ 3‚200‚000 | | $ 1‚200‚000 | | Total Variable Expenses | $ 9‚600‚000 | 60% | $ 10‚400‚000 | 65% | $ 8‚400‚000 | 52.5% | Contribution
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1- Management Accounting in Context Budget Quantitative expression of a proposed plan of action by management for a specified period and an aid to coordinating what needs to be done to implement that plan Chartered Institute of Management Accountants International professional body of management accountants with members in 165 countries‚ including Australia Chief Financial Officer Executive responsible for overseeing the financial operations of an organisation. Also called financial director Control
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Learning Log Week -2 Lecture: In this lecture I had the understanding‚ why accounting bodies are so heavily regulated by the government. After the corporate collapse‚ accounting body lost the trust of public. Our work was not transparent and therefore‚ was no longer reliable. Regulator body such as ASIC‚ AASB‚ FRC and ASX are formed after the corporate collapse. ASIC is the corporate ‘watch dog’ who monitors FRC‚ AASB and office of AASB. Why we need regulation? Because it is human nature to
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