Questions from General Accounting


Q: Shannon Company is planning to produce 2,000 units of product

Shannon Company is planning to produce 2,000 units of product in 2014. Each unit requires 3 pounds of materials at $5 per pound and a half-hour of labor at $15 per hour. The overhead rate is 70% of di...

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Q: During March 2014, Toby Tool & Die Company worked on four

During March 2014, Toby Tool & Die Company worked on four jobs. A review of direct labor costs reveals the following summary data. Analysis reveals that Job A257 was a repeat job. Job A258 was a...

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Q: Byrd Company produces one product, a putter called GO-Putter

Byrd Company produces one product, a putter called GO-Putter. Byrd uses a standard cost system and determines that it should take one hour of direct labor to produce one GO-Putter. The normal producti...

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Q: Wales Company purchased (at a cost of $10,800

Wales Company purchased (at a cost of $10,800) and used 2,400 pounds of materials during May. Wales’s standard cost of materials per unit produced is based on 2 pounds per unit at a cost $5 per pound....

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Q: Picard Landscaping plants grass seed as the basic landscaping for business campuses

Picard Landscaping plants grass seed as the basic landscaping for business campuses. During a recent month, the company worked on three projects (Remington, Chang, and Wyco). The company is interested...

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Q: For Mize Company, units to be produced are 5,000

For Mize Company, units to be produced are 5,000 in quarter 1 and 6,000 in quarter 2. It takes 1.6 hours to make a finished unit, and the expected hourly wage rate is $15 per hour. Prepare a direct la...

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Q: Burte Corporation prepared the following variance report. /

Burte Corporation prepared the following variance report. Instructions: Fill in the appropriate amounts or letters for the question marks in the report.

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Q: Fisk Company uses a standard cost accounting system. During January,

Fisk Company uses a standard cost accounting system. During January, the company reported the following manufacturing variances. In addition, 8,000 units of product were sold at $8 per unit. Each un...

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Q: Current Designs faces a number of important decisions that require incremental analysis

Current Designs faces a number of important decisions that require incremental analysis. Consider each of the following situations independently. Situation 1 Recently, Mike Cichanowski, owner and CEO...

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Q: Aurora Company is considering the purchase of a new machine. The

Aurora Company is considering the purchase of a new machine. The invoice price of the machine is $140,000, freight charges are estimated to be $4,000, and installation costs are expected to be $6,000....

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