Questions from Cost Accounting


Q: EntertainMe Corporation manufactures and sells 50-inch television sets and uses

EntertainMe Corporation manufactures and sells 50-inch television sets and uses standard costing. Actual data relating to January, February, and March 2017 are as follows: The selling price per unit...

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Q: The variable manufacturing costs per unit of EntertainMe Corporation are as follows

The variable manufacturing costs per unit of EntertainMe Corporation are as follows: Required: 1. Prepare income statements for EntertainMe in January, February, and March 2017 under throughput costi...

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Q: The Tomlinson Company manufactures trendy, high-quality, moderately priced

The Tomlinson Company manufactures trendy, high-quality, moderately priced watches. As Tomlinson’s senior financial analyst, you are asked to recommend a method of inventory costing. The CFO will use...

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Q: Miami, Inc., planned and actually manufactured 250,000 units

Miami, Inc., planned and actually manufactured 250,000 units of its single product in 2017, its first year of operation. Variable manufacturing cost was $19 per unit produced. Variable operating (nonm...

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Q: Horace Company manufactures a professional-grade vacuum cleaner and began operations

Horace Company manufactures a professional-grade vacuum cleaner and began operations in 2017. For 2017, Horace budgeted to produce and sell 25,000 units. The company had no price, spending, or efficie...

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Q: Candyland uses standard costing to produce a particularly popular type of candy

Candyland uses standard costing to produce a particularly popular type of candy. Candyland’s president, Jack McCay, was unhappy after reviewing the income statements for the first th...

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Q: Thunder Bolt, Inc., is a manufacturer of the very popular

Thunder Bolt, Inc., is a manufacturer of the very popular G36 motorcycles. The management at Thunder Bolt has recently adopted absorption costing and is debating which denominator level concept to use...

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Q: Camino, a leading firm in the sports industry, produces basketballs

Camino, a leading firm in the sports industry, produces basketballs for the consumer market. For the year ended December 31, 2017, Camino sold 400,000 basketballs at an average selling price of $12 pe...

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Q: The Garvis Company uses an absorption-costing system based on standard

The Garvis Company uses an absorption-costing system based on standard costs. Variable manufacturing cost consists of direct material cost of $4.50 per unit and other variable manufacturing costs of $...

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Q: The Garvis Company uses an absorption-costing system based on standard

The Garvis Company uses an absorption-costing system based on standard costs. Variable manufacturing cost consists of direct material cost of $4.50 per unit and other variable manufacturing costs of $...

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