Acc/561 Sample Final Examination

According to Epstein and Buhovac, (2014), costing system is a process designed to monitor the costs incurred in a certain business. Costing systems are meant to advise the management on how to choose the most appropriate course of action with cost efficiency and capability. According to Cardinaels and Labro (2009) costing system provides detailed cost information needed by management needs to control current operations with the aim of improving the future. Below are some of the costing systems that are common to many organizations (Epstein & Buhovac, 2014).

Warren Company makes candy. During the most recent accounting period, Warren paid $3,000 for raw materials, $4,000 for labor, and $2,000 for overhead costs that were incurred to make candy. Warren started and completed 10,000 units of candy, of which 7,000 were sold. Based on this information, Warren would recognize which of the following amounts of expense on the income

Assume that next year management wants the company to earn a minimum profit of $162,000. How many units be sold to meet this target profit figure? [3 points]

33) Each year for eight years, an investment will generate incremental sales of $8,000 and cash operating expenses of $2,500. The applicable tax rate is 30% and depreciation is $2,000. What is the net cash flows for each of the eight years?

C. developed for each item in the financial statements and derived from the categories of management’s financial statement assertions.

Identify the financial statement(s) where each of the following items appears. Use I for income statement, E for statement of retained earnings, and B for balance sheet.

If Marlene Herbert were to discontinue place mats, he would miss $270,000 that will go toward Mendel paper company fixed cost. The company currently has a plant overhead that is estimated at $420,000 for the quarter. In addition to the fixed plant overhead, the plant incurs fixed selling and administrative expenses per quarter of $118,000. This draws the company to a total fixed cost of $538,000. If Marlene Herbert were to discontinue the second highest contributor to the fixed cost, he would need to increase the volume of computer paper and lower material cost to help pull the contribution margin of the lowest product up to help support the lost of a whole product line.

Blanco Company estimates that its variable manufacturing overhead (all requiring cash expenditures) is $32 per direct labor hour. The total fixed manufacturing overhead of $1,881,120 per month includes depreciation on the factory building of $120,000 per month and depreciation on the factory equipment of $30,000 per month for total depreciation of $150,000 per month. (Thus, the cash spent for fixed manufacturing overhead is $1,731,120 ($1,881,120 – $120,000 – $30,000) per month.) Cash disbursements for manufacturing overhead occur in the same month in which the company incurs the cost. Be sure to show the calculation of the average predetermined overhead rate for the quarter as a whole only—total budgeted manufacturing overhead cost

12. For next year, Dunphy Company has budgeted sales of 30,000 units, target ending finished goods inventory of 1,000 units, and a beginning finished goods inventory of 800 units. All other inventories are zero. __________ units should be produced.

1. Tutti’s Sandwich Shop has the following information regarding costs at various levels of monthly sales. Help Tutti separate her costs into fixed costs and variable costs so that she can predict and evaluate costs at varying levels of guests served.

4) State the differences between a static budget and a flexible budget. Prepare Flexible budget for 160,000 iPhone 4’s

Bhimani, A., Horngren, C., Datar, S., Rajan, M. et al. (2012) Management and Cost Accounting. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Prentice Hall, p.369 - 378.

Costing systems are components of a broader accounting system used by a given company or organization. The main function of the costing system is to keep a focused eye on expenditures made by the company. While the data that is collected and generated by the costing system is also integrated into the overall accounting system, the costing approach allows for easy extraction of the data for reports to upper management.

For this piece of assignment, a cash budget will be made for Doomy Corporation for the second quarter of the year. For this budget, all the sales figures for the second quarter and some of the expenditure have been given. Hence, to prepare a cash budget, the sales figure given will be used and some calculations will be worked out in order to fully prepare an outstanding budget for Doomy Corporation the following information will be used efficiently.

Cost accounting is concerned with cost and therefore is necessary to understand the meaning of term cost in a proper perspective.