9:40 M Page 9 PART I Purpose of Cost Accounting 9 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 10 CH01_Bragg_36794 3/13/01 9:40 M Page 11 CHAPTER 1 Role of Cost Accounting When properly implemented‚ the cost accounting function can have a pervasive influence in the modern corporation. Unfortunately‚ it is not always properly implemented because management often is not completely aware of all the uses to which the cost accounting function can be put. This chapter describes the
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An accounting information system (AIS) is the system of records a business keeps to maintain its accounting system. This includes the purchase‚ sales‚ and other financial processes of the business. The purpose of an AIS is to accumulate data and provide decision makers (investors‚ creditors‚ and managers) with information to make decision While this was previously a paper-based process‚ most modern businesses now use accounting software such as UBS‚ MYOB etc. Information System personnel need basic
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TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 1.1 USE‚ PREPARATION AND CONCEPTS * Use: The information derived from financial accounting is used by managers‚ investors‚ bankers‚ financial analysts and accountants‚ helping them to learn how to use information effectively and to do their jobs better. This information is essential to accountants for the services they provide. * Preparation: to be effective users of accounting information‚ people need to know something about how and why the information is prepared
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Accounting for Income Tax The standard prescribes the accounting treatment for income taxes is AASB 112 AASB 112 is based on a balance sheet approach to account for income taxes and it covers: • the accounting treatment of current and deferred tax expenses; • recognition and measurement of current tax assets and liabilities; • recognition and measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities; • the accounting treatment of the tax consequences of various transactions and events‚ including
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Study Material INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE COURSE Cost Accounting and Financial Management Part 1 : Cost Accounting Vol. I The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Set up by an Act of Parliament) New Delhi PAPER 3 COST ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Part – 1 : Cost Accounting VOLUME – I BOARD OF STUDIES THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA This study material has been prepared by the faculty of the Board of Studies. The objective of the
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Dr Fang (to be used in the workshop in week 1) Month-end balance sheet amounts for the dental practice of Dr Fang‚ a local dentist‚ for three consecutive months are presented below. The information is complete except for the balance in the owners’ equity account. Cash Accounts receivable Prepaid insurance Surgery equipment Building Land Accounts payable Wages payable Mortgage payable Owners’ Equity 31 October $ 9 100 16 100 700 29 800 81 000 33 000 10 100 5 100 34 700
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Introduction to Management Accounting. You are the person in charge of the management accounting department of a manufacturing company. You are required to mentor your junior of the r staff on the essentials of the management accounting in the following areas: (Note: you may need to create an illustration to elaborate the following matters). (A) Explain how to cost can be classified by their behaviour‚ with particular reference to the effects both on total and on until costs. Your report should:
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Lecture 7 – Tutorial Questions Tutorial List: 7-1‚ 7-2‚ 7-3‚ 7-4‚ 7-5‚ 7-6‚ 7-7‚ 7-8‚ 7-9 7.1. Kristen Hope asks your help concerning an NSF check. Explain to Kristen (a) what an NSF check is‚ (b) how it is treated in a bank reconciliation‚ and (c) whether it will require an adjusting entry. 7.2. The bank portion of the bank reconciliation for Brasilia Company at October 31‚ 20X1 was as follows. BRASILIA COMPANY Bank Reconciliation
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ADVANTAGES OF COST ACCOUNTING 1. Fixation of responsibility: Whenever a cost center is established‚ it implies establishing a kind of relationship between superior and subordinates. Thus responsibilities are fixed on every individual who is concerned with incurrence of cost. 2. Measures economic performance: By applying cost control techniques such as budgetary control and standard costing it helps in assisting the performance of business. 3. Fixation of price: By providing cost data it
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Cost Accounting Cost accounting is a step further to and a refinement of financial accounting in which cost of manufacturing and selling each product or job or rendering service is determined‚ not at the time of accounting period but at the time when the product is manufactured or any service is rendered. In simple words‚ costing is a systematic procedure for determining the unit cost of output produced or services rendered. It provides for an analysis of the expenditure which enables the management to
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