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    Problem 2-43 (35 minutes) 1. San Fernando Fashions Company Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured For the Year Ended December 31‚ 20x2 Direct material: Raw-material inventory‚ January 1 $ 40‚000 Add: Purchases of raw material  180‚000 Raw material available for use $220‚000 Deduct: Raw-material inventory‚ December 31   25‚000 Raw material used $195‚000 Direct labor 200‚000 Manufacturing overhead: Indirect material

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    INTERNATIONAL B-SCHOOL SUBJECT: FINANCIAL & COST ACCOUNTING Total Marks: 80 N.B.: 1)Allquestionsarecompulsory 2) All questions carry equal marks. Q1) ABC Ltd. Produces room coolers. The company is considering whether it should continue to manufacture air circulating fans itself or purchase them from outside. Its annual requirement is 25000 units. An outsider vendor is prepared to supply fans for Rs 285 each. In addition‚ ABC Ltd will have to incur costs of Rs 1.50 per unit for freight and Rs 10‚000

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    accurate costing information to managers to allocate activity costs to products and services by applying cost drivers [8]. Academics who advocate ABC‚ such as‚ Cooper and Kaplan [9]‚ and Swenson [10] argue that it provides more accurate cost data needed to make appropriate strategic decisions about product mix‚ sourcing‚ pricing‚ process improvement‚ and evaluation of business process performance. These claims have led many firms to adopt ABC systems [8]. The benefits of ABC and its positive impact on firm’s

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    Abstract This paper is written for the accounting theory course as a course project. This paper discusses the differences between the historical cost accounting approach and the fair value accounting approach. The discussion will focus on the debate on using which accounting approach. We begin by stating the definitions of both concepts and discussing them thoroughly‚ then we state the main advantages of the two approaches followed by comparison between them. The last section of this paper discusses

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    IMPACT OF COST ACCOUNTING ON FINANCIAL DECISION INTRODUCTION In the modern business world‚ the nature and functioning of business organizations have become very complicated. They have to serve the needs of variety of parties who are interested in the functioning of the business. These parties constitute the owners‚ creditors‚ employees‚ government agencies‚ tax authorities‚ prospective investors‚ and last but not the least the management of the business. The business has to serve the needs

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    Jenine Teixeira ACFI 406 9/24/12 Assignment chapter 19 Q: 1‚ 2‚ 11‚ 15 1. Dickison orders one thousand widgets at $5 per widget from International Widget to be delivered within sixty days. After the contract is consummated and signed‚ Dickison orally requests that International deliver the widgets within thirty days rather than sixty days. International agrees. Is the contractual modification binding? A- Both parties are merchants‚ the change of delivery date would affect the

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    What is Cost & Management Accounting Reporting Systems? Cost Accounting Reporting System deals with the process of tracking‚ measuring‚ recording and classifying the appropriate allocation of expenditure (financial and non-financial) for the determination of the cost of product or service in an organization and for the presentation of suitably arranged data for the purpose of control and guidance of management (Horngren et al‚ 2010). Costs are measured in terms of Direct Costs‚ Indirect Costs and Overhead/Absorbed

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    Zabihollah Rezaee Ph.D.‚ CPA‚ CMA‚ INTRODUCTION In the past‚ bank accountants paid little or no attention to the use of managerial accounting concepts in the banking industry. Viewing managerial accounting from the perspective of the banking industry provides a unique opportunity to explore the development of the internal reporting structure. While the use of internal cost and profitabiHty reports is widespread in merchandising‚ manufacturing‚ and other service industries‚ banks have historically focused

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    Meaning of Cost Accounting Previously‚ cost accounting was considered to be a technique for the ascertainment of costs of products or services on the basis of historical data. In time‚ due to the competitive nature of the market‚ it was realized that ascertaining of cost is not as important as controlling costs. Cost accounting started to be considered more as a technique for cost control as compared to cost ascertainment. Due to the technological developments in all fields‚ cost reduction has

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    Implement the decision‚ evaluate performance‚ and learn  An example of interdependencies include absenteeism/low employee morale and  increased labour costs.  11‐2  Relevant costs are expected future costs that differ among the alternative courses  of  action  being  considered.  Historical  costs  are  irrelevant  because  they  are  past  costs  and‚ therefore‚ cannot differ among alternative future courses of action.  11‐3  Quantitative  factors  are  outcomes  that  are  measured  in  numerical 

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