m acc test 1 Flashcards
managers three main responsibility’s
planning, decision-making, and controlling
planning
establishing goals and specifying how to achieve them
decision-making
gathering feedback to ensure plans are properly executed or modified
controlling
selecting a course of action from competing alternatives
the differences between managerial accounting and financial accounting
mgl accounting uses internal users (employees, managers), management sets rules, financial accounting uses external users (auditors, creditors, investors), uses strict GAAP rules
the 4 standards of the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice
credibility, confidentiality, competence, integrity
credibility
reliability
confidentiality
mouth shut on non public info
competence
academic knowledge
integrity
morality, avoiding conflict of interest
What is a cost object?
anything for which cost data are desired-including products, customers, plants, office locations, and departments, classified as direct or indirect
direct cost
easily traced to a specified cost object, salary of sales manager
indirect cost
cannot be easily traced to a specified cost object, common cost
What are the three manufacturing (product) costs
two direct costs (direct materials and direct labor) and one indirect cost (manufacturing overhead)
Non-manufacturing (period) costs?
two categories, selling costs and administrative costs
What are conversion costs
the sum of direct labor and manufacturing overhead, the two costs incurred to convert direct materials into a finished product
What are Prime costs
sum of direct materials cost and direct labor costs
Cost classifications for predicting cost behavior
variable, fixed, and mixed
Variable costs
varies in total in direct proportion to changes in the level of activity, cost of goods sold for a merchandising company, direct materials, direct labor, variable elements of manufacturing overhead such as indirect materials, supplies, and power, and variable elements of selling and administrative expenses such as commissions and shipping
Fixed costs
remains constant in total regardless of changes in the level of activity, manufacturing overhead includes fixed costs like depreciation, insurance, property taxes, rent, and supervisory salaries, selling and administrative costs include administrative salaries, advertising, and depreciation of nonmanufacturing assets
Mixed Costs
both variable and fixed costs elements, semivariable costs
absorption costs
all manufacturing costs, both fixed and variable are assigned to units of product-units are said to be fully absorb manufacturing costs, conversely all nonmanufacturing costs are treated as period costs and not assigned to products
What is job-order costing
used by companies that make different products, each with unique features, costs are traced and allocated to jobs and then the costs of the jobs are divided by the number of units in the job to arrive at an average cost per unit, also called the unit product cost
the various documents used during the manufacture of a product
bill of materials, job cost sheet, time tickets
bill of materials
a document that lists the quantity of each type of direct materials needed to complete a unit of product