Managerial Accounting (4th Edition)
Managerial Accounting (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780133428377
Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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To identify: For which option job costing would not be appropriate.

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Answer to Problem 1QC

Option c. Job costing would not be appropriate for manufacturer of mass produced carbonated beverages.

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Job costing: It is a process which is used by the companies to identify the costs incurred in manufacturing one unit of product. Job costing is used by those companies which manufactures custom ordered product or unique products or relatively small batches of different products. Each batch or each unique product will be considered as a separate job. The cost incurred in different jobs might vary in terms of direct material used, direct labor and manufacturing overhead. Therefore, job costing is used to track the cost incurred on each job separately. This is different from the process costing. Process costing is used by the companies which mass produces identical products. Therefore, the cost incurred on each unit will be almost same. In process costing, manufacturing costs incurred are averaged so that each identical unit bears the same cost.

a. Law firm will use job costing method as they will charge each customer on the basis of cost incurred on serving the client. Hence option a is incorrect.

b. Electrician will use the job costing as he will charge each customer based on the cost of performing a particular job for that specific customer. Hence option b is incorrect.

c. Manufacturer of mass produced carbonated beverages will use process costing method instead of job costing as the manufacturer is producing large quantity of identical goods and per unit cost of manufacturing can be identified by averaging total manufacturing costs incurred. Hence option c is correct.

d. Manufacturer of custom-ordered production equipment will use job costing method to determine the cost incurred in terms of direct material, direct labor and manufacturing overhead in manufacturing that particular equipment. Hence option d is incorrect.

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Chapter 3 Solutions

Managerial Accounting (4th Edition)

Ch. 3 - S3-1 Decide on product costing system (Learning...Ch. 3 - S3-2 Determine the flow of costs between inventory...Ch. 3 - S3-3 Understanding key document terms in a job...Ch. 3 - S3-4 Compute a professional billing rate (Learning...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5SECh. 3 - S3-6 Continuation of S3-5: compute total allocated...Ch. 3 - S3-7 Continuation of S3-6: determine over- or...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.8SECh. 3 - S3-9 Calculate job cost and billing at appliance...Ch. 3 - S3-10 Ramifications of overallocating and...Ch. 3 - S3-11 Record purchase and use of materials...Ch. 3 - S3-12 Record manufacturing labor costs (Learning...Ch. 3 - S3-13 Recompute job cost at a legal firm (Learning...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.14SECh. 3 - S3-1 5 Understanding key terms (Learning...Ch. 3 - E3-1 6A Identify type of costing system (Learning...Ch. 3 - E3-17 A Understand the flow of costs in a job cost...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.20AECh. 3 - E3-18A Compute a predetermined overhead rate and...Ch. 3 - E3-19A Compute a predetermined overhead rate and...Ch. 3 - E3-21A Sustainability and job costing (Learning...Ch. 3 - E3-22A Determine the cost of a job (Learning...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.23AECh. 3 - E3-24A Analyze manufacturing overhead (Learning...Ch. 3 - E3-25A Record manufacturing overhead (Learning...Ch. 3 - E3-26A Record journal entries (Learning Objectives...Ch. 3 - E3-27 A Analyze T-accounts (Learning Objectives 2,...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.28AECh. 3 - Prob. 3.29AECh. 3 - E3-30B Identify type of costing system (Learning...Ch. 3 - E3-31 B Understand the flow of costs in a job cost...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.34BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.32BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.33BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.35BECh. 3 - E3-36B Determine the cost of a job (Learning...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.37BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.38BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.39BECh. 3 - E3-40B Record journal entries (Learning Objectives...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.41BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.42BECh. 3 - Prob. 3.43BECh. 3 - P3-44A Analyze Manufacturing Overhead (Learning...Ch. 3 - P3-45A Use job costing at an advertising agency...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.46APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.47APCh. 3 - P3- 48A Determine and record job costs (Learning...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.49APCh. 3 - Prob. 3.50BPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.51BPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.52BPCh. 3 - P3-53B Prepare job cost record (Learning...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.54BPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.55BPCh. 3 - Discussion Questions 1. Why would it be...Ch. 3 - Unwrapped or How Its Made Go to www.YouTube.com...Ch. 3 - A3-58 Ethics involved with choice of cost driver...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.59ACTCh. 3 - Issues with cost of job (Learning Objectives 2, 3,...
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