Part 1- Conceptual Framework Cost Accounting Cost accounting‚ as a tool of management‚ provides management with detailed records of the costs relating to products‚ operations or functions. Cost accounting refers to the process of determining and accumulating the cost of some particular product or activity. It also covers classification‚ analysis and interpretation of costs. The cost so determined and accumulated may be the estimated future costs for planning purposes‚ or actual (historical) costs
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of the following entities would not require accounting information pertaining to their economic activities? a. Social clubs. b. Not-for-profit entities. c. State governments. D. All of these require accounting information. e. None of these requires accounting information. Difficulty: Easy 2. Which of the following is not an objective of financial reporting described in FASB Concepts Statement No. 1? a. To provide information about how management of an enterprise has discharged its stewardship
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Stratton. Introduction to Management Accounting: 13th Ed. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall‚ 2005. Atkinson. Management Accounting: 3rd Ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall‚ 2001. Management Accounting ICSA Study Text. London: BPP Publishing‚ 1989. Williamson‚ Duncan. Cost and Management Accounting. Europe: Prentice Hall‚ 1996. Drury‚ Colin. Cost and Management Accounting : An introduction: 5th Ed. London: Thomson Learning‚ 2003. Morse‚ Wayne. Davis‚ James. Management Accounting: 2nd Ed. Canada: Addison
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Even though “ABC has emerged as a tremendously useful guide to management action that can translate directly into higher profit” (Kaplan and Copper1991) It is not fair to say that Absorption costing is no longer relevant. In fact ABC does not conform to GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles). Absorption costing is conventionally used for external reports‚ filings and other statutory compliances; where all of the manufacturing costs and only manufacturing costs are needed. For example auditors
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Chapter 18: Practice questions 1-1 The total manufacturing cost per unit increases as total production volume increases. 1-2 Total variable costs change in response to changes in the volume of production. 1-3 The mixed cost per unit is constant throughout the relevant range of activity. 1-4 Fixed costs per unit decrease as production levels decrease. 1-5 A method used to separate mixed costs into fixed and variable components is called the high-low method. 1-6 The variable
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Cost accounting and the lean production philosophy By Tyrone Williams AIU Online September1‚ 2012 Abstract As Dr. Stephanie White prepares to cope with the a steep reduction in the budgetary allocation to the Uptown Clinic she must carefully determine which areas to cut while striving to maintain current levels of service. This essay will offer advice Dr. White on preparing for budget cuts. It will also discuss the lean production philosophy and how this compares with typical production
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MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING ADDS VALUE TO ORGANIZATION 1. INTRODUCTION Management accounting provides accounting and related information to support the management of an organization in its internal decision-making. It includes product costing‚ relevant costing‚ cost-volume-profit analysis‚ capital budgeting‚ and operational‚ tactical‚ and strategic planning. A major activity included in the management accounting is the measurement of costs of processes that create value. Management accounting is performed
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10 Marks: Q:- Discuss the project termination strategies Ans: Project Termination Project termination is one of the most serious decisions a project management team and its control board have to take. It causes frustration for those stakeholders who sincerely believed - and in most cases still believe – that the project could produce the results they expected‚ or still expect. The project manager and his or her team members‚ very important stakeholders of the project as well‚ will feel that
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17 Environmental management accounting Kazbi Soonawalla Many companies consider productivity to be a cost-saving operational issue. We at DuPont have elevated productivity to the strategic level because we believe that it is central to our eVorts in sustainability. (Chad Holliday‚ Chairman and CEO of DuPont1) 17.1 Introduction Environmental accounting and management has had a growing public proWle over the last three decades. Its cause has been helped along by disastrous industrial accidents‚ such
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You are responsible for any questions and problems that you were assigned for homework or that we worked in class. Also‚ you should be able to discuss and/or answer questions related to your readings/case(s) and the Wall Street Journal. Cost Management and Strategy – refer to your assigned questions and problems Cost Drivers and Basic Cost Concepts -- What is a cost? Define cost pools. What is a cost object? cost assignment? Contrast a direct cost with an indirect cost. Define cost allocation
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