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Managerial accounting
Managerial accounting
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Accounting
Undergraduate 2
09/30/2009

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Primary users of reports in financial accounting
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External users
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Primary users of reports in managerial accounting
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Internal users
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types and frequency of reports for financial accounting
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financial statements, quarterly and anually
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types and frequency of reports for managerial accounting
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internal reports, as often as needed
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purpose of FA reports
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general purpose
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purpose of MA reports
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Special purpose for specific decisions
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content of FA reports
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pertains to buisiness on a whole, generally accepted accounting principles
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content of MA reports
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pertains to subunits of the buisiness, very detailed, standard is relevence to decision
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FA verification process
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Audit by CPA
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MA verification process
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No independent audits
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total manufacturing costs aka product costs
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the sum of direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead
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Direct materials
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Raw materials that can be physically and directly associated with converting raw materials into finished goods
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direct labor
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the work of factory employees that can be physically and directly associated with converting raw materials into finished goods
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manufacturing overhead
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costs that are indirectly associated with the manufacture of the finish product
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product cost
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costs that are a neccesary and integral part of producing a finished product
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period costs
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costs that are mathced with revenue of a specific time period and charged to expense as incurred (selling expenses, administrative expenses)
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direct costs vs inderect
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direct can be traced to the product, inderect can not be traced, but is still neccesary
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how a merchendiser calculates cost of goods sold
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begining merchendise inventory+ cost of goods purchased - ending merchendise inventory
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how a manufacturer calculates cost of goods sold
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begining finished goods inventory+ cost of goods manufactured - ending finished goods inventory
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when job order costing systems should be used.
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coke bottle
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when process costing systems should be used.
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when you want to know how many units are going through a department at a given time(factory setting)
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predetermined overhead rate =
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estimated overhead cost/expected anual activity
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cost driver
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any factor or activity that has a direct cause-effect relationship with the resources consumed
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Activity-based management
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reducing NVA activities
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