11. A total variance is best defined as the difference between total a. actual cost and total cost applied for the standard output of the period. b. standard cost and total cost applied to production. c. actual cost and total standard cost of the actual input of the period. d. actual cost and total cost applied for the actual output of the period. 12. The term “standard hours allowed” measures a. budgeted output at actual hours. b. budgeted output at standard hours. c. actual output
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Week 4 Practice Quiz 1. Budgeting is the common accounting tool companies use for planning and controlling. Budgets a. provide a measure of planned financial results. b. focus managers’ energies on exploiting opportunities. c. help managers anticipate potential problems. d. enable managers to control through a set of specific activities with defined corrective actions. 2. [AICPA Adapted] Dewitt Co. budgeted its activity for October 2004 from the following information:
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COST ACCOUNTING-MMS FORMAT OF COST SHEET Opening stock of Raw Material XX Add: Raw material purchased XX Less: Closing Stock of Raw Material XX Raw Material Consumed ZZ Direct Labor XX Direct Expenses. XX PRIME COST ZZ Add: Factory Overheads: Indirect Material XX Indirect Labor XX Indirect Expenses XX GROSS WORKS COST/FACTORY COST ZZ Add: Opening WIP XX Less: Closing WIP XX COST OF GOODS MANUFACTURED
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EntertainmentNow.com Prepared for Dr. Lucian Zelazny Department of Accounting McCoy College of Business 601 University Drive San Marcos‚ Texas 78666 Prepared by Veronica Piña Rupinder Singh Ashley Vollmer April 23‚ 2013 EntertainmentNow.com Case Overview EntertainmentNow.com is considered one of the world’s leading Internet retailers of entertainment products that sells an array of books‚ music‚ videos‚ and DVD’s‚ toys‚ and small electronics on the company’s International website
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ARTICLE RESEARCH ON ABC COST METHODOLOGY Factors influencing the performance of activity based costing teams: a field study of ABC model development time in the automobile industry 1- What is the research objective of the article? The main objective of this article is to study how the different variables explained by the text affect the final outcome of the company. This study is in charge of demonstrating how can the ABC implementation; used by a large group of companies‚ could make the main
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catalogs offer a way to shop without leaving your home as well when you pay by check or credit card. People love to spend money and the easier it is to spend money the more willing they are to do it. So which distribution method is best? The direct distribution system in one method and has several subsystems. One distinction between direct systems and indirect systems for example‚ is that in direct systems the marketer does the research themselves. But in indirect systems the marketer has help from
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take a decision on the following methods: 1. Full cost method 2. Successful effort method in the exploration and evaluation of oil and gas Solution The alternatives used in financial accounting and reporting by oil and gas producing companies have been grouped under two basic methods of accounting which are: i) The Full Cost Method ii) The Successful efforts method The Full Cost Method An accounting system used by companies that incur exploration costs for oil and natural gas that does
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product costing systems. Be sure to address the following: Professor and class‚ * How do the two systems differ? The two alternatives for product costing systems are job and process. The two differ in that with job costs these are specified for a particular job. Process costs go by each process that is done (Kinney & Raiborn‚ 2013‚ p 150). * What are the characteristics of the companies that would use each? The characteristics of the companies that would use either a job-related system
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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 for evaluating
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1/ Variable Costs: The variable cost will be 40% higher [ an increase of 21‚000 - 15‚000=6‚000 units] Direct Material used 1‚060‚000 Variable Costs: Direct Labor 1‚904‚000 Direct material used [ 1‚060‚000 *1.4] 1‚484‚000 Unit costs [ 6‚335‚600 / 21‚000] =$ 301.7 Indirect Materials and supplies 247‚000 Direct Labor [ 1‚904‚000 * 1.4] 2‚665‚600 Variable Cost/ Unit = 228.27 at both 15k & 21k units Power to run plant eqip 213‚000 Indirect Materials
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