Questions from General Accounting


Q: Presented on the next page are variable costing income statements for Logan

Presented on the next page are variable costing income statements for Logan Company and Morgan Company. They are in the same industry, with the same net incomes, but different cost structures. Compu...

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Q: (a) Mary Barett is not sure about the difference between

(a) Mary Barett is not sure about the difference between cost accounting and a cost accounting system. Explain the difference to Mary. (b) What is an important feature of a cost accounting system?

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Q: (a) Distinguish between the two types of cost accounting systems

(a) Distinguish between the two types of cost accounting systems. (b) Can a company use both types of cost accounting systems?

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Q: What type of industry is likely to use a job order cost

What type of industry is likely to use a job order cost system? Give some examples.

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Q: What has happened in recent industrial history to reduce the usefulness of

What has happened in recent industrial history to reduce the usefulness of direct labor as the primary basis for allocating overhead to products?

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Q: (a) Scott Winter asks your help in understanding the term

(a) Scott Winter asks your help in understanding the term “activity index.” Explain the meaning and importance of this term for Scott. (b) State the two ways that variable costs may be defined.

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Q: (a) What source documents are used in assigning (1

(a) What source documents are used in assigning (1) materials and (2) labor to production in a process cost system? (b) What criterion and basis are commonly used in allocating overhead to processes?...

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Q: What steps are involved in developing an activity based costing system?

What steps are involved in developing an activity based costing system?

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Q: Explain the preparation and use of a value-added/ non

Explain the preparation and use of a value-added/ non–value-added activity flowchart in an ABC system.

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Q: John Harbeck is confused about computing physical units. Explain to John

John Harbeck is confused about computing physical units. Explain to John how physical units to be accounted for and physical units accounted for are determined.

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