Salem telephone case 1. ”Revenue hours” represent the key activity that drives costs at Salem Data Service . Which expenses in Exhibit 2 are variable with respect to revenue hours? Which expenses are fixed with respect to revenue hours? A : Variable costs : The power, hourly personal. Fixed costs : The rent, custodial service, computer leases, maintenance, computer equipment, office equipment and fixtures, salaried staff, system development and maintenance, administration, sales
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on the teaching/learning environment . and it said to be that assumptions, motives, intentions, and previous knowledge that the students have may influence student success. Many students face considerable difficulty in successfully completing accounting. The amount of material typically covered is substantial and the course requires of the student a significant increase in motivation, analytical ability, and academic effort over the usual principles. Factors that are beyond the control of students
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words, we find the falling of this company through their illegal ethics that brings forward much of their self-interest needs and not those of the company and investors that they are responsible for and to. After the investigation, their accounting firm, Anderson, played both sides by providing dual services, auditing and consulting, which is considered a conflict of interest. They would take money from new investors and pay the old ones, they knew how to hide the debts and only show where
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assign overhead to output (or jobs or products). 3. Operating departments are directly involved in manufacturing or selling the products or services of a business. Service departments support operating departments through activities such as accounting, payroll, and legal services. 4. Activity-based costing (ABC) is a method for allocating shared costs among departments or products. It is especially common for overhead allocation. The goal of ABC is to provide reliable information about costs
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CHAPTER 5: ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS 5-1 Product costs are likely distorted when a firm uses a volume-based rate if the plant has more than one activity in its operations and not all activities consume overhead in the same proportion. The more diverse the product mixes of the plant are in volume, sizes, manufacturing processes, or product complexities, the greater the cost distortions are likely to be in using a volume-based rate. Undercosting a product may appear to have increased
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Module 1: Chapter 2: Cost Flow (To be posted as a group assignment in your group discussion area) The following information for Transcontinental Inc. is provided. Use this information to answer the succeeding eight questions: Materials Inventory (Jan. 1) $33,500 Work-in-process Inventory (Jan. 1) $28,100 Finished Goods Inventory (Jan. 1) $36,700 Cost of materials purchased $192,000 Total direct labor costs $168,300 Depreciation – factory machinery $36,200 Small
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Contents CHAPTER 01 3 About the report 3 1.1Introduction 4 1.2 Origin of the Report 5 1.3 Literature Review 5 1.4 Objectives of the Study 7 1.5 Methodology/ Design of the Study 7 1.6 Limitations of the study 8 CHAPTER 02 9 Overview of management control systems 9 2.1Management Control Systems (MCS) 10 2.2Elements of Management Control 11 2.3Boundaries of Management Control 11 2.4 Benefits of management control systems 12 2.5 Limitations of Management control systems 12 CHAPTER 03
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ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY College of Business Department of Accounting ACC 132 –Managerial Accounting Spring 2014 Section 3, Mon/Wed 2:00 - 3:15 pm, SFHB 357 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Instructor: Liesel Mitchell, CPA, CMA Office: COB 314 Phone: 438-7588 E-mail: lmitch2@ilstu.edu Office Hours: Mon/Wed 1:00 – 2:00 pm and 3:15-4:15 pm, Other hours by appointment (I am in class M/W from 9:30 am-12:15 pm and off campus on T/Th until 2:30 pm) Graduate
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※ 繳交日期五月二十日下午五點前，逾期不計分 作業Ⅵ： The Healthy Spring Water company sells bottled water for offices and homes. The price of the water is $20 per 10 gallon bottle and the company currently sells 2000 bottles per day. Following is the company's income and costs on a daily basis. Sales revenue $40,000 Incremental Variable cost $16,000 Nonincremental Fixed cost $20,000 [Note: you can assume that variable costs are constant so that the average of them is also the variable cost relevant for a
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INTRODUCTION This memorandum analyzes and presents the performance conducted by the two nobles Sihathor and Pemsah with respect to their farm harvests. Each of these farmers were given a certain amount of capital and land by Pharaoh Amenhotep. Initially, I will explain what the phenomena and attributes of interest are in this case. This will be followed by the evaluation of both farmers’ Balance Sheets, along with any ratios relevant to the case. Finally, I will make a recommendation to the Chief
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