three main types of responsibility centre. A cost centre is the lowest level of responsibility‚ and performance is measured in terms of the costs incurred by it. Cost centres do not generate revenue and therefore have no profit objectives‚ which differentiates it from profit and investment centres. Managers of cost centres are accountable only for controllable costs and are not responsible for level of activity or long-term investment decisions. Managerial performance is measured by efficiency
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document. 1. You want to use break-even and target profit analysis with respect to the introduction of a new product in the marketplace. Your manager says you are wasting your time because the best determination of profitability is the income statement after this product has been introduced. Explain why your manager is wrong. In order to fully understand the process of profitability within a business‚ we must understand what break-even and target profit analysis represent and the function that each
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Free College Tuition Compromise As the United States seeks to become the world’s leader in higher education once again‚ the government has increased its emphasis on obtaining college degrees. Only thirty percent of adults in the United States have a bachelor’s degree or higher‚ which suggests the majority of Americans are not prepared for success in the workplace (NY Times). This small percentage is partially due to astronomical tuition rates. Over the last thirty years‚ college tuition rates have
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Question One: Definition of Income: Refers to amounts received or receivable. I.e. Earned conducting business and club income. E.g. Membership fees‚ sale of refreshments‚ donations‚ etc. Not sale of assets. Gain to club. Increase surplus. Answer: -membership fees -entrance fees -sale of refreshments -sale of uniforms Question Two: Definition of Expenditure: Refers to the amounts paid or payable. Normally incurred
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How to Calculate Sales Per Square Foot Retailers use this data to examine differences in same- store sales over time. Corporate analysts use this data to compare sales in different store locations of a retail chain‚ regardles of store size. This comparison can aid in deciding which locations to expand and which to contract. In addition. Sales per square foot is also by commercial property owners used to determine to determine the appropriate level of rent to charge a store. Steps
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8-13 PART 1 SOLUTIONS TO THE EXCEL BASED EXERCISES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN EXCEL ON THE INSTRUCTOR’S WEBSITE WORKSHEET JOURNAL ENTRIES TO CONVERT TO THE ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING A. CAPITAL ASSETS (NET) 7‚752‚000 NET ASSETS BEGINNING OF YEAR 7‚752‚000 DEPRECIATION EXPENSE 315‚000 CAPITAL ASSETS (NET) 315‚000 CAPITAL ASSETS (NET) 616‚600 CAPITAL OUTLAY (EXPENDITURE) 616‚600 B. NO BEGINNING LONG
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American Life League (ALL) Non-profit organization E-marketing Critique MKT 610 G-Assignment 2 Wang‚ Ziyuan Nov-9th-2012 Client Overview ······························3 Introduction··················································3 Mission······················································3 Leader Ship ··················································4 Relationships··················································5 Marketing mix·················································6
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QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR ASSIGNMENT AEU 1. Active Company accumulated the following data for a delivery truck. Miles Driven Total Cost Miles driven Total Cost January 10‚000 $ 15‚000 March 9‚000 $ 12‚500 February 8‚000 $14‚500 April 7‚500 $13‚000 Required: a) Determine the equation to predict total costs for delivery truck. b) What should total costs be if 12‚187 miles were driven? Cost = 15000 _ 13000 = 2000 Activity 10‚000
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NFA note Chapter 1 Government by statute or under not for profit corporation laws are governmental if they posses one more of the following chateristics: their officers are popularly elected or a controlling majority of their governing body is appointed or approved by governmental officals‚ they possess the power to enact and enforce a tax levy‚ they hold the power to directly issue debt whose interest is exempt from federal taxation‚ or they face the potential that a government might dissolve
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THE NEW WORK OF THE NONPROFIT BOARD Nowadays it seems crucial to reframe the work of the Nonprofit Boards in order to redefines nonprofit governance. In fact it appears that today’s Nonprofit Boards have multiples roles and responsibilities to face with. However it seems they have lost slowly of their efficiency during the years and “The New Work of Nonprofit Board”‚ article by Barbara Taylor‚ Richard Chait and Thomas Holland helped us to understand the reasons of this decline and in a second
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