TUI University Variable and Fixed Cost Module 1 Case Dr. Li-Lin Liu Pa April 22‚ 2012 Part I: Use the background material and Internet to answer the questions below. Discuss and analyze the difference between managerial and financial accounting. Pay particular attention to: * How is managerial accounting different from financial accounting? Comment on the different needs and use of financial information for internal purposes. * The managerial accounting profession and its role
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Cost structures Starbucks How Starbucks minimizes the impact of coffee prices I believe there are two explanations for the "irrelevance" of coffee prices. 1. Purchase contracts 2. Hedging Purchase contracts Starbucks buys most of its co ffee from suppliers through fixed-price commitments. This means that it won’t feel the effect of short-term fluctuations in coffee prices‚ as the price and quantity are fixed. I estimate that these commitments typically last around a year. Hedging
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Average Variable Cost : 2002 $1‚011‚008** **$417‚004+$124‚101.20+$117‚903+$351‚000 2003 1‚142‚681.00** ** $520‚069+$171‚622.70+$79‚888+$371‚101 2004 1‚798.131.00 ** ** $915‚787.50+$320‚525.52 +$115‚999+$445‚819 Total $3‚951‚820.00 No.of Years 3 Average VC $1‚317‚273.00 Average Customers 8‚202.00 Average VC per unit $161.00 Fixed Cost $174
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1 In a process cost system‚ product costs are summarized: on job cost sheets. when the products are sold. after each unit is produced. on production cost reports. What decision criteria should managers use in selecting projects when there is not enough capital to invest in all available positive NPV projects? the internal rate of return the discounted payback the profitability index the modified internal rate of return 3 Horizontal
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activity. True False 2. In a performance report‚ actual costs should be compared to budgeted costs at the original budgeted activity level. True False 3. The overhead spending variance and the overhead efficiency variance are useful only if variable overhead really should be proportional to the activity measure that is being used in the flexible budget. True False 4. The variable overhead efficiency variance reflects how efficiently variable overhead resources were used. True False 5. A reason
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CHAPTER 12 PRICING DECISIONS AND COST MANAGEMENT 12-1 The three major influences on pricing decisions are 1. Customers 2. Competitors 3. Costs 12-2 Not necessarily. For a one-time-only special order‚ the relevant costs are only those costs that will change as a result of accepting the order. In this case‚ full product costs will rarely be relevant. It is more likely that full product costs will be relevant costs for long-run pricing decisions. 12-3 Two examples of pricing decisions with
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Receivable 4‚150 Increase in Inventories 5‚900 Decrease in Salaries Payable 1‚130 11‚180 Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities P153‚850 COST VOLUME PROFIT 1. Melanie Company produces a merchandise that has the following data: Unit Sales price P80 per unit Unit vairiable costs P48 per unit Total fixes costs P640‚000 per annum Units sold during the current year P25‚000 units
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term manufacturing overhead? | A) | Factory overhead | B) | Pervasive costs | C) | Burden | D) | Indirect manufacturing costs | 2. | Which one of the following is an example of a period cost? | A) | A change in benefits for the union workers who work in the New York plant of a Fortune 1000 manufacturer. | B) | Workers’ compensation insurance on factory workers’ wages allocated to the factory. | C) | A box cost associated with computers. | D) | A manager’s salary for work that is
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CHAPTER 1 – COST VOLUME PROFIT- MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. CVP analysis can be used to study the effect of: A. changes in selling prices on a company ’s profitability. B. changes in variable costs on a company ’s profitability. C. changes in fixed costs on a company ’s profitability. D. changes in product sales mix on a company ’s profitability. E. All of these. 2. The break-even point is that level of activity where: A. total revenue equals total cost. B. variable cost equals fixed cost. C. total
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Variable costing vs Absorption costing Variable and Absorption costing are two different methods and ways that many organizations use to determine and calculate product cost. The income statements formats of both methods include period and product costs. However‚ each one has a different cost classification definition. Both have the same direct material and direct labor allocation‚ the differences is how they report the income‚ product‚ and pricing One of the main differences between
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