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Chapter 3
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Accounting
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03/10/2014

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Absorption costing
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a costing method that includes all manufacturing costs (direct materials, direct labor, variable/fixed manufacturing overhead)  in the cost of a product
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Allocation base
Definition
A measure of activity such as direct labor-hours or machine hours that is used to assign costs to cost objects
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Bill of materials
Definition
a document that shows the quantity of each type of direct material required to make a product
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Cost driver
Definition
a factor, such as machine hours, beds occupied, computer time, or flight-hours, that causes overhead costs
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Cost of goods manufactured
Definition
manufacturing costs associated with the goods that were finished during the period
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Finished goods
Definition
units of production that have been completed but not yet sold to customers
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Job cost sheet
Definition
a form that records the materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead costs charged to a job
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Job-order costing
Definition
a costing system used in situations where many different products, jobs, or services are produced each period
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Materials requisition form
Definition
a document that specifies the type and quantity of materials to be drawn from the storeroom and that identifies the job that will be charged for the cost of those materials
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Multiple predetermined overhead rates
Definition
a costing system with multiple overhead cost pools and a different predetermined overhead rate for each cost pool, rather than a single predetermined overhead rate for the entire company
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Normal cost system
Definition
a costing system in which overhead costs are applied to a job by multiplying a predetermined overhead rate by the actual amount of the allocation base incurred by the job
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Overapplied overhead
Definition
a credit balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account that occurs when the amount of overhead cost applied to Work in Process exceeds the amount of overhead cost actually incurred during a period
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Overhead application
Definition
the process of charging manufacturing overhead cost to a job cost sheets and to the Work in Process account
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Plantwide overhead rate
Definition
a single predetermined overhead rate that is used throughout a plant
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Predetermined overhead rate


(term)

Definition
a rate used to charge manufacturing overhead costs to jobs that is established in advance for each period by the estimated total amount of the allocation base for the period
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Raw materials
Definition
any materials that go into the final product
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Schedule of cost of goods manufactured
Definition
schedule that contains three elements of product costs (direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead) and that summarizes the portions of those costs that remain in ending Work in Process inventory that are transferred out of Finished Goods into CGS
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Time ticket
Definition
document that is used to record the amount of time an employee spends on various activities
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Underapplied overhead
Definition
a debit balance in the Manufacturing Overhead account that occurs when the amount of overhead cost actually incurred exceeds the amount of overhead cost applied to Work in Process during a period
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Work in Process
Definition
units of production that are only partially complete and will require further work before they are ready for sale to the customer
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Predetermined overhead rate


(equation)

Definition
(Estimated total manufacturing overhead cost) / (Estimated total amount of the allocation base)
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Overhead applied to a particular job
Definition
(Predetermined overhead rate) * (Amount of the allocation base incurred by the job)
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Unadjusted cost of goods sold
Definition
(Beginning finished goods inventory) + (Cost of goods inventory) - (Ending finished goods inventory)
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