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    The lecture last night discussed accrual accounting concepts such as timing issues‚ and the basics of adjusting entries. The discussion went into more detail on periodicity assumption and how accounting divides the economic life of a business into artificial time periods. These time periods are generally a month‚ a quarter‚ or a year‚ now whether it is a fiscal year or a calendar year that is determined by the company itself. The lecture then reviews the revenue recognition principle which expects

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    COST ANALYSIS

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    COST ANALYSIS OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION MEANING DEFINITIONS TYPES OF COSTS MONETARY COSTS REAL COSTS OPPORTUNITY COSTS ECONOMIC COSTS ACCOUNTING COSTS INCREMENTAL COSTS SUNK COSTS FUTURE COSTS PRIVATE‚ EXTERNAL AND SOCIAL COSTS FIXED / SUPPLEMENTARY / OVERHEAD COSTS VARIABLE / PRIME COSTS REPLACEMENT COSTS PRODUCTION COSTS SELLING COSTS CONTROLLABLE COSTS DIRECT COSTS INDIRECT COSTS SHORT RUN COSTS CURVES LONG RUN COSTS CURVES OBJECTIVES To understand the meaning of cost. To discuss different types

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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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    Abstract The observance of international accounting standards is playing an increasingly significant role in dynamic regulatory developments and presents several challenges‚ which may necessitate a variety of procedural and technical data processing changes. Regulatory consolidation under the influence of international accounting standards The observance of international accounting standards is playing an increasingly significant role in dynamic regulatory developments. On the one hand‚ publicly

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    Nature of Accounting and the Accounting Standard Background Accounting is an important part for business and it is dubbed “language” of business activities conducted by firms. People think it is used to communicate business transactions per se to all stakeholders. However‚ some people argue that the functions of accounting are not that easy. Except the communication tool‚ accounting acts as many other difference roles in business. When doing accounting‚ different standard may be used. There are

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    Statements on Management Accounting PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING TITLE Definition and Measurement of Direct Material Cost TABLE OF CONTENTS Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Material Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Material Lost in the Production Process . . . . Samples‚ Prototypes‚ and Initial Production Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2 2 3 Unit Price of Direct Material

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    Cost accumulation systems Name Tutor Course College Date Generally‚ cost accumulation is the organized collection of cost data through a set of procedures and systems. According to an accounting business‚ they used a periodic cost accumulation system. This system only provides limited cost information during a certain period. The system requires end year adjustments to arrive at the cost of goods manufactured. In most cases‚ it is not considered a complete cost accumulation since the costs

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    Cost Behavior Cost behavior is term for describing whether a cost changes when the level of output changes. The cost can vary proportionately with the changes in the level of activity or unaffected by changes in the level of activity. Costs can be variable‚ fixed‚ or mixed. A cost that does not change in total as output changes is a fixed cost. A variable cost‚ on the other hand‚ increases in total with an increase in output and decreases in total with a decrease in output. Understanding how costs

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    IN PRESS Journal of Financial Economics 92 (2009) 443–469 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Financial Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jfec Seasoned equity offerings: Quality of accounting information and expected flotation costs$ Gemma Lee a‚ Ronald W. Masulis b‚Ã a b W. Paul Stillman School of Business‚ Seton Hall University‚ South Orange‚ NJ 07079‚ USA Owen Graduate School of Management‚ Vanderbilt University‚ Nashville‚ TN 37203‚ USA a r t

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    References: Warren‚ C.‚ Reeve‚ J.‚ and Duchac‚ J (2007). Accounting. 23rd ed South-Western‚ cengage learning in thousands except share data | January 3‚ 2009 | December 29‚ in thousands except share data | December 29‚ 2007 | December30‚

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