The following data, in physical units, describe a grinding process for January : WIP, beginning 19,000 Started during current period150,000 To account for169,000 Spoiled units 12,000 Good units completed and transferred out132,000 WIP,ending 25,000 Accounted for169,000 Inspection occurs at the 100% completion stage. Normal spoilage is 5 % of the good units passing inspection. 1. Compute the normal and abnormal spoilage in units. 2. Assume […]

CHAPTER 4 JOB COSTING 4-1Cost pool––a grouping of individual indirect cost items. Cost tracing––the assigning of direct costs to the chosen cost object. Cost allocation––the assigning of indirect costs to the chosen cost object. Cost-allocation base––a factor that links in a systematic way an indirect cost or group of indirect costs to cost objects. 4-2In a job-costing system, costs are assigned to a distinct unit, […]

1. Human resource is an example of (an): Unit-level activity. Batch-level activity. Product-level activity. Organization-sustaining activity. 2. Which of the following is not a limitation of activity-based costing? Maintaining an activity-based costing system is more costly than maintaining a traditional direct labor-based costing system. Changing from a traditional direct labor-based costing system to an activity-based costing system changes product margins and other key performance indicators […]

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 […]

Essay: Issues in Budgeting: Management and Cost Accounting Critical Appraisal Of The Main Arguments Of Relevance Lost Today’s management accountant information, driven by the procedures and cycle of the organisation’s financial reporting system, is too late, too aggregated, and too distorted to be relevant for managers planning and control decisions. (Relevance Lost 1987. Johnson & Kaplan) The above quote is the opening paragraph in Johnson […]

Cost Accounting, 14e (Horngren/Datar/Rajan) Chapter 20 Inventory Management, Just-in-Time, and Simplified Costing Methods Objective 20. 1 1) Which of the following industries would have the highest cost of goods sold percentage relative to sales? A) computer manufacturers B) retail organizations C) drug manufacturers D) The percentage will usually depend on the success of a particular company. Answer: B Diff: 2 Terms: inventory management Objective: 1 […]

Chapter 9 solutions Denominator-level problem Budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead costs rates: Budgeted Fixed Denominator Manufacturing Budgeted $4, 560, 0003, 600 $ 1, 266. 67. Practical4,560,0002,4001,900. 00. Normal4,560,0001,2003,800. 00 Master-budget4,560,0001,4403,166. 67. The rates are different because of varying denominator-level concepts. Theoretical and practical capacity levels are driven by supply-side concepts, i. e. , “how much can produce? ” Normal and master-budget capacity levels are driven by […]

Cost Accounting, 14e (Horngren/Datar/Rajan) Chapter 20 Inventory Management, Just-in-Time, and Simplified Costing Methods Objective 20. 1 1) Which of the following industries would have the highest cost of goods sold percentage relative to sales? A) computer manufacturers B) retail organizations C) drug manufacturers D) The percentage will usually depend on the success of a particular company. Answer: B Diff: 2 Terms: inventory management Objective: 1 […]

Cost accounting offers benefits for manufacturing companies. A cost accounting information system offers benefits for many companies. Cost accounting is a type of accounting method concerned with the cost of goods manufactured and /or sold. Many factors are taken into consideration when cost accountants analyze business costs . The information determined by these accountants is used for inventory valuation , financial statements and decision making […]

1. 1 Origin of the Report This report was originated to make a study about the cost accounting system of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. for the requirement of completion of 1st semester of Master of Business Administration (MBA) program of the Department of Accounting & Information Systems, University of Dhaka. This term paper was an attempt to acquaint the students with the real world situations so […]