Ch 20-23 Flashcards

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Budget

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Formal statement of a company’s plans expressed in dollars
-covers short periods of time

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Budgetary Control Process

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Management’s use of budgets to see that planned objectives are met

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Benefits of Budgeting (5)

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1) Plan: focus on future
2) Control: evaluate business op. against norm
3) Coordinate: activities so everyone understands goals
4) Communicate: written budget with specific action plan
5) Motivate: budgets are used to motivate employees

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Participatory Budgeting

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Employees affected by budget should help prepare it

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Budget Timing

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Apply continuous budgeting by preparing rolling budgets

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Continuous Budgeting

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-Continually revises budget
-Enter set of budgets added each quarter to replace quarter that passed
-Continuously planning ahead

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5
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What is the starting point for master budget process?

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Sales

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What is the report that shows predicted profitability for the budget period?

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Budgeted Income Statement

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7
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What is a budgetary cushion used to meet performance targets?

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Budgetary Slack

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8
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Master Budget Components

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Sales -> Production -> DM/DL/FO -> Cash -> Budgeted Financial Statement
or
Sales -> Capital Expenditure/ Selling Gen. Admin. Expenses -> Cash -> Budgeted Financial Statement

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How To Develop Sales Budget

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estimate both unit sales and selling price per unit

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Production Budget:

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shows number of units to be produced each period to meet budgeted sales and desired inventory levels
-always shown in units of product not cost

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Units To Produce Formula=

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Budgeted Ending Inventory + Budgeted Sales Units - Budgeted Finished Goods Inventory

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12
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Safety Stock

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Companies will keep enough inventory on hand to protect against lost sales caused by unfulfilled demands from customers or delays in shipment from suppliers

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Direct Materials Budget

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Shows budgeted costs for direct materials that must be purchased to meet the budgeted production

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Materials To Be Purchased Formula =

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(Units to Produce x Materials Required Per Unit) + Desired Ending Materials Inventory - Beginning Materials Inventory

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Direct Labor Budget

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Shows budgeted costs for direct labor that will be needed for the budgeted production for the period

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Direct Labor Budget Formula =

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Units To Produce x DL Hours Required Per Unit x DL Cost Per Hour

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Factory OH Budget

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Shows the budgeted costs for factory overhead needed to complete the budgeted production for the period

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Factory OH Budget Formula =

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(Direct Labor Hours Needed x Variable OH Rate) + Budgeted Fixed OH

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Budgeted COGS Formula =

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Budgeted Sales x Budgeted Cost Per Unit

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20
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Budgeted Cost Per Unit Formula =

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DM + DL + Variable OH + Fixed OH

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21
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Selling Expense Budget

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-Based on sales volume
-Shows types and amounts of selling expense during budget period
-Includes: Sales commissions, salary of sales manager, advertising, delivery expenses

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General and Administrative Expense Budget:

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-Reports gen and admin expenses expected during the budget period
-Includes: Admin salaries, property taxes, office expenses, insurance, depreciation on non manufacturing assets

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Capital Expenditure Budget(Investing Budget)

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-Reports expected cash receipts and cash payments related to the sale and purchase of plant assets
-Usually prepared after operating budgets

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Cash Budget(Financing Budget)

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-Shows budgeted cash receipts and payments during budget period
-Most companies keep a minimum cash balance

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Preliminary Cash Balance Formula =

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Beginning Cash Balance + Budgeted Cash Receipts - Budgeted Cash Payments

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26
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If Preliminary Cash Balance Is Above Minimum Balance Required =

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Repay loans

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27
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If Preliminary Cash Balance Is Below Minimum Balance Required =

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Increase loans

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28
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Cash Receipts From Sales Include:

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-Expected Cash sales from sales budget
-Expected Cash collections of AR
-Other expected cash receipts such as interest revenue or sale of assets

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Budgeted Income Statement

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-Report showing budgeted amount of sales and expenses
-Summarized the income effect of the previously prepared budgets
-Income tax expense predicted at this level

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Budgeted Balance Sheet

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-Shows budgeted amounts for assets, liabilities, and equity as of end of the budget period
-Prepared using information from other budgets

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31
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Budgeting For Service Companies

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also use master budgets but typically need fewer operating budgets than manufacturers.
-Sales, DL, Cash, Capital Expenditures, Selling Gen and Admin Expense, Budgeted Financial Statments

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Budgeted Direct Labor Cost Formula =

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Budgeted DL Hours x DL Cost Per Hour

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33
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Revenue Per Employee Formula =

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Total Revenue / Total # Employees

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34
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Budget Reports

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Compare budgeted result to actual results

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35
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What Is The Master Budget Based On?

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Predicted levels of activity, such as sales volume

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36
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Fixed Budgeting

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A fixed budget(static budget) is based on one predicted level of sales or other activity measure

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Flexible Budgeting

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A flexible budget(variable budget) is based on more than one level of sales or activity level
-more useful when actual results are different from predicted

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38
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Fixed Budget Performance Report

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Compares actual results with planning activities
-shows budgeted amounts, actual amounts and variances

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39
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Favorable Vairance

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Actual income is higher than budgeted income
-when actual revenue> budgeted revenue
-when actual costs < budgeted costs

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40
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Unfavorable Variance

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Actual Income is lower than budgeted income
-when actual revenue < budgeted revenue
-when actual costs > budgeted costs

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41
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Preparing a flexible budget before vs after the period

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-Before: provides different what if scenarios
-After: evaluate performance

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Preparing A Flexible Budget Steps:

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1) Identify activity levels (units produced or sold)
2) Identify costs and classify as variable or fixed
3) Compute budgeted sales (sales per unit x units of activity)

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43
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Total Budgeted Cost Formula=

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Total Fixed Cost + (Total Variable Cost Per Unit x Units Of Activities)

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44
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Does Management Focus On Small Or Large Variances?

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Large

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45
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Standard Costing

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Standard costs are preset costs for delivering a product or service under normal conditions

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46
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Management By Exception

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managers focus on most significant differences between actual costs and standard costs

47
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T/F Manufacturing and Service Companies Use Standard Cost?

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True

48
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Setting Standard Costs

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DL = DL required under norm conditions
DM = quantity, grade and cost of each material used
OH = studying resources needed to support production activities

49
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Ideal Standard Cost

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Quantity of input required if a production process is 100% efficient

50
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Practical Standard Cost

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Preset cost for delivering a product or service under normal conditions

51
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Standard Cost Card

A

Record that accumulates standard cost information

52
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Cost Variance

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Difference between actual and standard costs
-Favorable = Actual Cost<Standard
-Unfavorable=Actual > Standard

53
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Flow Of Events In Variance Analysis:(4)

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1) prepare standard cost performance report
2) compute and analyze variances
3) identify questions and their answers
4) take corrective and strategic actions

54
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Cost Variance Formula =

A

Actual Costs - Standard Costs
Actual Costs = Actual Quantity x Actual Price
Standard Costs = Standard Quantity x Standard Price

55
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DM and DL Variance Is Based On 2 Factors

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1) Price(rate) Variance: difference between actual price per unit and standard price per unit
2) Quantity Variance: difference between actual quantity of input and standard quantity of input

56
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Price Variance Formula =

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(AQ X AP) - (AQ X SP)

57
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Quantity Variance Formula =

A

(AQ X SP) - (SQ X SP)

58
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Labor Rate Variance Formula =

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(AH X AR) - (AH X SR)

59
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Labor Efficiency Variance Formula =

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(AH X SR) - (SH X SR)

60
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Flexible OH Budgets

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Show budgeted variable costs per unit and fixed costs for the period

61
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Standard OH Rate 3 Steps:

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1) Determine an allocation base(DLH or MH)
2) Predict and activity level(80%)
3) Compute the standard OH rate

62
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Standard OH Rate Formula =

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Budgeted OH @ Predicted Levels / Standard Allocation Base @ Predicted Activity Level

63
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Standard OH Applied Formula =

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Actual Production X Standard Amount Of Allocation Base X Standard OH Rate

64
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Overhead Variance Formula =

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Actual Total OH - Standard OH Applied

65
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Volume Variance

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difference between budgeted fixed OH and standard fixed OH applied for the actual units produced

66
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Volume Variance Formula =

A

Budgeted OH - Standard OH Applied

67
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Controllable Variance

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difference between actual OH and flexible budget of total OH for actual units produced

68
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Controllable Variance Formula =

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Actual Total OH - Budgeted Total OH @Actual Units Produced
*Unfavorable = did not reach its expected operating level
*Favorable = operated at a greater than expected operating level

69
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Sales Price Variance

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measures impact of the actual sales price differing from the expected price

70
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Sales Price Variance Formula =

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(Actual Sales X Actual Price) - (Actual Sales X Budgeted Price)

71
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Sales Volume Variance

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measures impact of operating at a different compacity level than predicted by the fixed budget

72
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Sales Volume Variance Formula =

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(Actual Sales X Budgeted Price) - (Budgeted Sales X Budgeted Price)

73
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Sales Growth Rate Formula =

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((Analysis Period Sales - Base Period Sales) / Base Period Sales) X 100

74
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Decentralized Organization

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large company divided into smaller units
-unit managers make decisions and top managers evaluate their performance

75
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Responsibility Accounting

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evaluates unit managers only on activities they can control

76
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Cost Center

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Incurs costs without generating revenues
-Ex: manufacturing and service departments

77
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Profit Center

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Incurs costs and generates revenues
-Ex: product lines

78
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Investment Center

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Incurs costs, generates revenues, and its managers are responsible for major investing decisions

79
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What Is The Basis For Evaluating The Different Centers?(3)

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*Cost-evaluated on their success in controlling actual costs compared to budgeted costs
*Profit-evaluated on their success in generating income
*Investing-evaluated on their use of assets to generate income

80
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Operating Center

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Core business of production and sales

81
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Service Center

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helps operating centers

82
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Controllable Costs

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Costs that managers can determine and/or influence

83
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Performance Report

A

Feedback to manager comparing budget and actual

84
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Uncontrollable Costs

A

-Costs not within the managers control

85
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T/F All Costs Are Controllable At Some Level Of Management, If The Time Period Is Sufficiently Long

A

True

86
Q

Lower Level Management Have Responsibility For…

A

More detailed costs

87
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Higher Level Management Have Responsibility For…

A

Larger and broader costs

88
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Reports To Higher-Level Managers are usually ___ (Less/More)Detailed

A

Less

89
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Departmental Income Statements Are Used To Report…

A

Profit center performance

90
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Direct Expenses In Regards To Income Statements Are..

A

-readily traced to a department
-incurred for the sole benefit of one department(no allocation required)
-often, but not always, controllable costs

91
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Indirect Expenses In Regards To Income Statements Are..

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-incurred for joint benefit of 1+ department
-can’t be readily traced to just 1 department
-allocated across departments benefiting from them

92
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Allocated Costs Formula =

A

Total Cost To Allocate X Percentage Of Allocation Base Used

93
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Departmental Income Statement Formula =

A

Dept. Sales - Dept. Direct Expenses - Allocated Indirect Expenses - Allocated Service Dept. Expenses

94
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3 Steps For Allocating Costs And Preparing Department Income Statements

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1) accumulate sales, direct/indirect expenses by dept.
2) allocate indirect expenses to both service and operating departments
3) allocate service dept. expenses to operating departments

95
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Departmental Contributions To Overhead Formula =

A

Sales - COGS - Direct Expenses

96
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Return On Investment(Asset) Formula =

A

Income / Average Assets
or
(Profit Margin x Inventory Turn Over)

97
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Residual Income Formula =

A

Income - Target Income

98
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Profit Margin % Formula =

A

Income / Sales

99
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Investment TO Formula =

A

Sales / Average Assets

100
Q

Balances Scorecard

A

System of performance measures, including nonfinancial measure used to assess company and division managers performance

101
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What Are The 4 Perspectives Of The Balanced Scorecard

A

1) Customer: What they think of us
2) Internal: Which Ops are crucial to customer
3) Innovation: How can we improve
4) Financial: What do the owners think of us

102
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Transfer Pricing

A

The price used to record transfers across division within a company
-used in cost, profit, and investment centers

103
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Low Transfer Price

A

TP >= Variable Manufacturing Cost

104
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High Transfer Price

A

TP <= Market Price

105
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The Transfer Price Should Be Between ____ and ____

A

Low, High

106
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Market Based Transfer Price

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if there is no excess capacity, the internal supplier will not accept a transfer price less than the market price
-TP>= MP

107
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Cost Based Transfer Price

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If there is excess capacity, the internal supplier should accept a price between variable cost and the market price
VC <= TP <= MP

108
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Negotiated Transfer Price

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if there is excess capacity, division managers often negotiate a transfer price between VCpu and MPpu

109
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Cash Conversion Cycle

A

measures average time it takes to convert cash outflow into cash inflows

110
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Cash Conversion Cycle Formula =

A

Days Sales in AR + Days Sales in Inventory - Days Sales in AP

111
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Days Sales In AR Formula =

A

(AR / Net Sales) x 365

112
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Days Sales In Inventory Formula =

A

(Inventory / COGS) x 365

113
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Days Sales In AP Formula =

A

(AP / COGS) x 365

114
Q

Standard costs are used in the calculation of:

A

Price and quantity variances.

115
Q

Is Incremental OH applied to the make or buy?

A

Make
-DL + DM + Incremental OH

116
Q

Does Revenue subtract (Sales - cost to process) ?

A

No