Questions from Managerial Accounting


Q: What are some special considerations in the design of cost accounting systems

What are some special considerations in the design of cost accounting systems for service organizations?

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Q: Why might individuals resist implementation of activity-based costing?

Why might individuals resist implementation of activity-based costing?

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Q: What advantages does time-driven ABC have over original activity-

What advantages does time-driven ABC have over original activity-based costing?

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Q: The decline in our profits has become intolerable. The severe price

The decline in our profits has become intolerable. The severe price cutting in pumps has dropped our pre-tax margin to less than 2%, far below our historical 15% margins. Fortunately, our competitors...

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Q: Why are traditional volume-based cost allocation systems likely to systematically

Why are traditional volume-based cost allocation systems likely to systematically distort product costs?

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Q: Under what two conditions are volume based traditional product costing systems most

Under what two conditions are volume based traditional product costing systems most likely to distort product costs? How do activity-based costing systems provide more accurate costs when these two co...

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Q: “When a company produces both high volume products and low-

“When a company produces both high volume products and low-volume products, traditional product costing systems are likely to over cost high-volume products.” Do you agree with this statement? Explain...

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Q: Why do companies producing a varied and complex mix of products have

Why do companies producing a varied and complex mix of products have higher costs than companies producing only a narrow range of products?

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Q: Why might an organization not experience financial improvement even after using activity

Why might an organization not experience financial improvement even after using activity-based costing to identify and take action on promising opportunities for process improvements and cost reductio...

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Q: Read the Wall Street Journal article “Survival Strategies: After Cost

Read the Wall Street Journal article “Survival Strategies: After Cost Cutting, Companies Turn toward Price Increases” by Timothy Aeppel (September 18, 2002, p. A1). The article reports “an all-out sea...

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