The net price method results in recording accounts payable at the maximum value of the liability that the company may be required to pay out. | | | | Purchase discounts lost should be included in the cost of inventory. | | | | An advantage of the gross price method is that it isolates purchase discounts lost and thus highlights inefficiencies. | | | | 5. | Question : | Which one of the following types of costs should be included in the cost of a manufactured inventory?
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ACCOUNTING FOR MATERIALS – MATERIALS Definition Materials: | In cost accounting material is defined as the part of inventory. Basically, material and raw material are used for same purpose. This is main part of total cost of production. It can reduce or increase according to the fluctuation in production. So, this is very flexible and controllable source of production. For making furniture, wood is the material. 60% to 70% proportion in the total cost of production will be material cost
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IFRS and U.S. GAAP is the way in which they treat Inventory Costing. Simply put, U.S. GAAP allows companies to evaluate their inventory using the LIFO method, as long as they use the method for both tax purposes and accounting/reporting purposes, whereas IFRS does condone LIFO at all. In a time of rising prices in most industries, companies that assume LIFO in the United States have a higher cost of goods sold, depressing
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4-2 Price to earnings ratio Market value per share/Net value per share During a period of rising prices, we would expect a LIFO firm to report lower net income than a FIFO firm, other things equal. Also, for a rapidly growing firm, we would expect it to report lower net income than if it used straight-line. Thus, even though their reported net incomes are the same, a dollar of current net income suggests higher expected future payoffs for firm A than firm B. Since investors value higher future
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the treatment of inventory US GAAP allows for both the FIFO and LIFO methods to be used provided that they are accounted for consistently or provide sufficient reason for change. IFRS however strictly prohibits the use of LIFO and only recognizes the accounting for cost of goods sold on the FIFO or weighted average cost basis. This really is a very big stumbling block on the path to convergence because of the immense tax advantages enjoyed by US GAAP adhering companies. There is also the matter
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Inventory Systems Michael Asibu, Woodrow Lemon, Laura Moll, Jenessa Nagozruk, Brian Norton QRB/501 May 21, 2012 Ohidul Siddiqui Inventory Systems With the increasing demand to cut costs and increase revenues, developing the right inventory systems have become essential to compete in business. According to the Counselors to America’s Small Business, “Control of inventory, which typically represents 45% to 90% of all expenses for business, is needed to ensure that business has the right
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3. Explain the financial statement and tax effects of each of the inventory cost flow assumptions. 4. Explain the lower of cost or market basis of accounting for inventories. 5. Compute and interpret the inventory turnover ratio. 6. Describe the LIFO reserve and explain its importance for comparing results of different companies. Summary of Questions by Study Objectives and Bloom’s Taxonomy Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT Item SO BT Questions
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--Future value of annuity due = (1+r) * P(((1+r)^n - 1)/r) --Bonds: Dr. Cash, Cr. Discount, Cr. Bonds Payable (par value) First entry for first payment of interest: Dr. Interest Expense, Cr. Cash, Cr. Discount on bonds payable --Cash: coin, currency, available funds on deposit at bank, money order, certified checks, cashier’s checks, personal checks, bank drafts, and saving accounts. Inclunding Cash equivalents: T-bill, commercial paper, money mkt funds. Restricted: plant expansion, retirement
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Assignment: Cost Accounting Applied Professor Bryan Womack Course Title ACC 350012VA016-1122-001 Cost Accounting February 26, 2012 Companies that are successful financially know what their costs are and how those costs are being spent. The company I have chosen wants to change from a general accounting system where costs are put in general categories and they currently do not have any allocation of costs
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Assignment: Cost Accounting Applied By George T. Neale Professor Bryan Womack Course Title ACC 350012VA016-1122-001 Cost Accounting February 26, 2012 Companies that are successful financially know what their costs are and how those costs are being spent. The company I have chosen wants to change from a general accounting system where costs are put in general categories and they currently do not have
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