company uses a process cost accounting system. Its Assembly Department’s beginning inventory consisted of 50‚000 units‚ 3/4 complete with respect to direct labor and overhead. The department started and finished 127‚500 units this period. The ending inventory consists of 40‚000 units that are 1/4 complete with respect to direct labor and overhead. All direct materials are added at the beginning of the process. The department incurred direct labor costs of $24‚000 and overhead costs of $32‚000 for the
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B313F Management and Cost Accounting Assignment 1 Date due: 29 October 2008 Weighting: 15% of the total marks of the course Question 1 (25 marks) Mini Case – Seto’s Storage Warehouse Paul Seto owns and manages a commercial storage warehouse. He stores a vast variety of perishable goods for his customers. Under the existing pricing policy‚ he has charged customers using a flat rate of $2.40 per kilogram per month for goods stored. His storage warehouse has 10‚000 cubic metres of
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Was the existing system adequate in the past? Why or why not? Why is it no longer adequate? The existing system was adequate in the past due to heavy reliance on direct labor hours. The ETO served as a central cost center‚ and transferred the costs to other divisions at direct costs plus allocated burden. Being in the late 1970s and early 1980s‚ technology testing of components required fewer cycles‚ and less complicated structures. Hence‚ such testing on products could be carried out by direct
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businesses were to choose a cash basis accounting method‚ they would record revenue when payments were received and they would record costs when payments were remitted. Payable and receivable entries would not be used since future payments would not be recorded and an inventory entry would not be needed as well. The merchandise purchased for resale or the materials purchased for use in the manufacturing of products would be recorded as an expense in the accounting period in which those purchases were
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to answer this question. Suppose that Mia has a budget of $7 and the price of a litre of soya milk is $1‚ what is the maximum quantity that Mia might purchase? A. 0. B. 4 litres. C. 5 litres. D. 6 litres. E. Cannot be determined. 3. What is the correct formula for MCS (marginal consumer surplus)? A. $MU-price. B. Price-$MU. C. $TU-price. D. TU/price. E. TU/quantity. 4. What is the term for the difference between the consumer ’s evaluation of a product and the price which is paid
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ACC2CAD COST ACCOUNTING AND DECISION MAKING SEMESTER 1‚ 2011 MINI CASE STUDY 1 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; ETHICS Page 1 Recommendation Page.3 Executive summary Page.4 Introduction Page.5 Analysis Page.6 Recommendations and conclusion Page.7 Appendix 1 – Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants Page.8 References Page.9 Page 2 Recommendation Erin should notify Smart Worx of the postponement
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Hstorical Cost Accounting Advantages and disadvantages of historical cost accounting‚ alternatives to historical cost accounting 2.1 Introduction Accounting concepts and conventions as used in accountancy are the rules and guidelines by which the accountant lives. The historical cost accounting convention is an accounting technique that values an asset for balance sheet purposes at the price paid for the asset at the time of its acquisition. The historical cost accounting is the situation
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effectively through direct personal experience via the actual information from the manufacturers. ii) To focus attention on the learning process by delivering and exchanging information among the members of the group. iii) To promote translation of accounting theory into specific and meaningful experience. iv) To cultivate students to organise themselves‚ interdependent among the group members and communicate with one and another. v) To encourage students to experience lifelong learning and to practice
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Accounting 2082 Managerial Accounting Exam 1 Sample Exam Questions Printed Name: Date: I certify that I have neither given nor received assistance on this exam‚ in accordance with the University of Cincinnati Student Code of Conduct. Signature: Instructions: Circle your answers for the multiple choice questions on the exam. Fill out the scantron sheet carefully‚ using a #2 pencil. Your name (last‚ then first) and M number must be on the scantron sheet. Type of
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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 the two methods is the accounting for the fixed manufacturing costs. In variable costing‚ fixed manufacturing costs are looked at as expenses of
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