PRINCIPLES OF COST CONTROL 1.1 Introduction Cost is important to all industry. Costs can be divided into two general classes; absolute costs and relative costs. Absolute cost measures the loss in value of assets. Relative cost involves a comparison between the chosen course of action and the course of action that was rejected. This cost of the alternative action - the action not taken - is often called the "opportunity cost". The accountant is primarily concerned with the absolute cost. However‚
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MANAGEMENT‚ JUST-IN-TIME‚ AND SIMPLIFIED COSTING METHODS 20-1 Cost of goods sold (in retail organizations) or direct materials costs (in organizations with a manufacturing function) as a percentage of sales frequently exceeds net income as a percentage of sales by many orders of magnitude. In the Kroger grocery store example cited in the text‚ cost of goods sold to sales is 76.8%‚ and net income to sales is 0.1%. Thus‚ a 10% reduction in the ratio of cost of goods sold to sales (76.8 to 69.1% equal to
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II TRUE/FALSE 1. Overhead costs are a major part of costs for most companies – more than 50% of all costs for some companies. Answer: True Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 2. At the start of the budget period‚ management will have made most decisions regarding the level of variable costs to be incurred. Answer: False Difficulty: 1 Objective: 1 At the start of the budget period‚ management will have made most decisions regarding the level of fixed costs to be incurred. 3. One way to
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Chapter 1 An Introduction to Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts Introduction to Managerial Accounting MSc. Mohammad Hicham Khalil Objectives 1. Comparison of Financial and Managerial 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Accounting. General Cost Classifications. Product Cost versus Period Cost. Cost Classifications on Financial Statements. Cost Classifications for Predicting Cost Behavior. Cost Classification for Assigning Costs to Cost Objectives. Cost Classification for Decision Making. Review
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Historical Cost accounting Historical cost accounting has been a controversial method that experienced many criticisms over a period of time‚ especially since it considers the acquisition cost of an asset and does not recognize the current market value. Merits and demerits of this method are as follows. The most obvious advantage of HC accounting is objectivity. It is a predominantly objective system‚ which records the original cost of an item when it was purchased. Under historical cost accounting
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corporations have to take. Cost analysis is one of the factors that should be taken into consideration while evaluating financial and investment decisions. This paper reviews the concept of cost analysis‚ how it is used in decision making‚ and how firms usually involve cost analysis in evaluating different projects. Furthermore‚ the paper discusses some of the main concepts that are derived from cost analysis such as cost allocation‚ cost-effectiveness analysis‚ and cost-benefit analysis. In addition
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The cost recovery method does not recognize any income on a sale until the cost of the item sold has been fully recovered through cash receipts. Once the seller has recovered all costs‚ any subsequent cash receipts are included in income. The cost recovery method is used when the uncertainty of collection of the sales price is so great that even use of the installment method cannot be justified. Under the cost recovery method‚ both revenues and cost of sales are recognized at the point of sale
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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. What is an allocation base? Contrast cost assignment with cost allocation. What is a direct material? Direct labor? Indirect material? Indirect labor? factory overhead? What are conversion costs? Prime
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sold 2630 * Merchandise inventory 2630 Sales 3900 Cost of merchandise sold 2630 Gross profit 1270 Ending inventory 3250 B. * Jan 4 acc rec 3900 * Sales 3900 * Jan 4 cost of merchandise sold 2660 * Merchandise inventory 2660 Sales 3900 Cost of merchandise sold 2660 Gross profit 1240 Ending inventory 3220 Inventory system 1. Perpetua: record sales and cost of merchandise sold uses FIFO LIFO 2. Periodic: records sales only
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way why demand iselastic in the northwest segment of the demand curve and inelastic in the southeast segment. Product Price Quality Demanded $5 1 Vb 4 2 3 3 2 4 1 5 Answer: 1/1.5 / ¼.5= .67%/ 22%= 3.05 Ch 22 #7 1. Key Question A firm has fixed costs of $60 and variable costs as indicated in the table on the following page. Complete the table and check your calculations by referring to question 4 at the end of Chapter 23. 1. Graph total fixed cost‚ total variable cost‚ and
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