Managerial Accounting Flashcards

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What is the difference between financial statements and managerial accounting?

A

financial statements - prepared financial statements that are general

managerial accounting - prepared according to management needs, as needed, sometimes focused on a segment of the business

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What are fixed costs

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resources that do not vary with change in volume

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3
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what are variable costs

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resources that vary in proportion to changes in an activity base

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4
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what are mixed costs

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resources that part variable and part fixed

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5
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what is a contribution margin

A

sales - variable cost

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6
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What are unit level costs

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costs that vary with the change in volume of units

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what are batch level costs

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costs that vary with changes in the volume of lots, batches and groups of products

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what are product level costs

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costs that vary with changes in the number of sku’s and codes

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what are customer level costs

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costs that vary with the number and intensity of customer service

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10
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What are avoidable costs

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costs that would be eliminated if an activity were no longer required

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11
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what are incremental costs

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costs that would increase if an activity were added or increased

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12
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what are sunk costs

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costs that are unaffected by a future decision and should be considered irrelevant to a decision

money already spent

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13
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what are opportunity cost

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the margin or benefit foregone from selecting an alternative course of action

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14
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What is the net income formula? and how can you use it to do a break even analysis?

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Net Income = sales(X * volume) - variable costs(X*volume) - fixed costs

make net income “0”, solve for x

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15
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what is the break even point for units formula?

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Total fixed costs / contribution margin per unit

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16
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how do you calculate the break even in dollars? formula

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Fixed costs / 1-(variable costs / sales)

17
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What is Margin of Safety?

A

current operating revenues or volume compared to break even revenues or volume

18
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what is the margin of safety formula?

A

(Volume - Volume at break even) / Volume

19
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What is operating leverage

A

measures how revenue grows translates into growth in operating incomes through leverage by fixed costs

20
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what is the operating leverage formula?

A

Contribution margin / operating income

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