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Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting Flashcards

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Accounting

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The study of quantitative information, primarily financial, that is useful in decisions that can help change what happens in the future

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The 4 steps in a decision-making process

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  1. identify the issue
  2. gather information
  3. identify alternatives
  4. select the best option
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Capital

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The money used by a business to get resources they need - also known as financing

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The 3 sources of capital

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  1. Investors (owners)
  2. Creditors
  3. The business itself in the form of earnings
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What do accountants do in a business?

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  • measure and report the results of business activities

- advise on company’s actions on how to structure activities to achieve business goals

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What are the 2 types of accounting?

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  1. Managerial

2. Financial

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What are the 2 major categories of reports?

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  1. Internal

2. External

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Internal reporting

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Used by those who direct day-to-day - the info needed for planning, implementing plans, and controlling costs

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External reporting

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Used by individuals and organizations that have an economic interest in the business but are not part of management

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Financial accounting is summarized in 3 primary financial statements

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  1. Balance sheet
  2. Income statement
  3. Statement of cash flows
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Balance Sheet

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Reports the resources, liabilities, and the owner’s equities of a business

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Income statement

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Reports the amount of net income earned during a specific period

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Statement of cash flows

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Reports the amount of cash collected and paid out in operating, investing, and financing

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Lenders

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Only care about being repaid with interest

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Investors

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Want info on what the future potential profit will yield

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Competitors

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What to review the relative profitability of other businesses to identify strategic opportunities

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The 3 Structural elements of accounting

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  1. Accounting organizations
  2. Ethics/ethical standards
  3. Technology
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FASB

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Financial Accounting Standards Board

-a private group that set the accounting standards rules in the USA

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GAAP

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Generally accepted accounting principles

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GASB

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Governmental accounting standards board

-sets the accounting/financial reporting standards for state and local governments

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Other organizations that affect accounting standards

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  • SEC
  • AICPA
  • IRS
  • IASB
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SEC

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Securities and Exchange Commission

  • federal agency that has legal authority to set accounting rules in the US
  • regulated financial markets and stock exchanges
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AICPA

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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

-the professional association of CPA’s

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IRS

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Internal Revenue Service

-collects and regulates income taxes

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IASB

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International Accounting Standards Board

-FASB for everywhere except the USA

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The 4 steps of the Accounting Cycle

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  1. Analyze transactions
  2. Record the effects of transactions
  3. Summarize the effects of transactions
  4. Prepare reports
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Internal Transactions

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A transaction that occurs within a company - does not involve an external party and is not recorded in financial records

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External Transaction

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An exchange that occurs between a company and an external party that is recorded in financial records

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Arms-length transaction

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A transaction where a buyer and seller independently to get the best possible deal

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The Accounting Equation

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Assets = liabilities + equity

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The account equation breakdown

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Assets (resources) = liabilities (a method of financing resources that requires payment) + equity (a method of financing resources that does not require repayment and represents ownership interests in the business)

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Account

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A place where we record all the effects of transactions that relate to a certain item i.e. cash account, AP account, supplier account

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Dividends

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Money distributed to the owners (stockholders) of a corporation

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The 3 Primary Financial Statements

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  1. Balance sheet
  2. Income statement
  3. Statement of cash flows
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Balance sheet

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  • A summary of the financial position a company is in at a particular date
  • Reports assets, liabilities, and equity
  • Used by investors/creditors
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Income statement

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Reports net income during a period of time - the economic performance of a company

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Statement of cash flows

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  • Reports the amount of cash collected and paid out by a company in operating/investing/financial activities
  • shows the inflows (receipts) and outflows (payments) of a company during a period of time
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Statement of retained earnings

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Accumulated profits or losses a business since the business started

Identified the changes in accumulated investments by owners and profits since day one

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Form 10-K

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Required to provide specific information to users including

  • what the business does
  • risk exposure
  • significant owned properties
  • legal issues
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Form 10-Q

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Financial reports of publically traded companies file quarterly to the SEC

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CIK

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Central Index Key

Unique identifying # for each company

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Liquidity position

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Whether or not a company will be able to pay its liabilities

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Solvency position

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Can the company survive long term given its current debt structure

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Assets

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Economic resources that are owned and controlled by a company

Common assets are cash, AR, inventory, and buildings

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Liabilities

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Obligations to pay someone else

Common liabilities are AP, inventory, and buildings

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Owner’s equity

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the remaining assets of a business after the liabilities have been deducted

Sources of owner’s equity are capital stock, and retained earnings

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Capital Stock

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The amount given by shareholders to obtain shares

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The format of a balance sheet

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  1. Assets always listed first in order of current and then long term
  2. Liabilities are listed second with current then long term (current (within 1 year)= AP, bank loans)) (long term=bank loans)
  3. Owners equity is listed last separated into paid in capital and retained earnings
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Liquid assets

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Assets that are in the form of cash or can be easily converted into cash

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Illiquid assets

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Assets that take time and effort to convert into cash

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Comparative financial statments

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Statements that include information from both current and preceding years that are prepared for users to identify significant changes

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What are the 3 limitations of the Balance sheet?

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  1. Cost is reported, not the market value (cash = market value and inventory =cost)
  2. Some assets are not reported especially intangible items that are hard to measure
  3. Value on the books does not equal the market value of a company
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What is the difference between the balance sheet and the income statement

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Balance sheet is in real time

Income statement is how much is made over a period of time

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Net income

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Net income = Revenue - expenses

“earnings or profit reflects the company’s revenues in relation to its expenses

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Revenues

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The amount of assets created through the sale of goods and services

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Expenses

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The amount of assets consumed through operations i.e. salaries

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What is the difference between revenue and assets

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Revenue is an activity that generated assets i.e. selling a product (revenue) for cash (asset)

Assets can be generated elsewhere i.e. borrowing money from a bank

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Gross profit

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AKA gross margin

The difference between sales and cost of goods sold ( = sales - cost of goods sold)

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Operating income

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Reports the results of what a company does on a daily basis

Operating income = sales - cost of goods - operating expenses

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Expenses are divided into 2 categories

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Non operating: interest and income taxes

Operating

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EPS

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Earnings (loss) per share divides net income for current period by the number of shares of stock outstanding during the period

EPS = net income / outstanding # of stock shares

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Basic EPS

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Based on historical transactions

Net income - actual average outstanding shares

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Diluted EPS

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Estimating what EPS would be if certain transactions had occurred

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Expanding the accounting equation

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Assets = liabilities + (capital stock + cumulative net income - cumulative dividends)

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Cash inflows

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Selling goods, selling assets, borrowing, and investments

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Cash outflows

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Operating expenses, repay loans, and pay a return on investments

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Individual flow items are classified into 3 activities

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  1. Operating activities
  2. Investing activities
  3. Financing activities
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How the 3 financial statements tie together

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  • the income statement explains the change in retained earnings balance in the balance sheet
  • the statement of cash flows explains the change in the cash balance in the balance sheet
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Common size financial statements

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Amounts for a given year being shown as a percentage of sales

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Horizontal analysis

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financial statement analysis that compares a business results from year to year - comparing percentages over time for the same company

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How is horizontal analysis calculated?

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(Year 2 - year 1) / year 1 = percentage change from year to year

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Vertical analysis

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Comparing different company’s financial statements at the same point in time in similar industries

Percentage of sales = income statement / sales

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Cash budget

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A short term schedule of expected cash inflows and outflows during a period of time

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The federal government has 3 types of expenditures

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  1. Discretionary - Congress under presidential guidelines can decide how to spend money
  2. Mandatory - the expenditures must be made and congress has not discretion
  3. Interest on the federal debt - must always be paid
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Master budget

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An integrated group of detailed budgets that outline the overall operating and financing pans for a specific period of time,

Begins with sales budget then production budget then selling and admin budget

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Master budget outline

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  1. Start with sales budget/forecast
  2. Production budget based on sales budget
  3. Production budget drives direct material and labor budget
  4. Sales/production/labor budget is combined with the selling/admin budget
  5. Once cash inflows/outflows are known, a budgeted income statement and balance sheet can be prepared
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Sales budget

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A schedule of projected sales over the budget period

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Production budget

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A schedule of production requirements for the budget period

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Direct materials budget

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A schedule of direct materials to be used during the budget period and direct materials to be purchased during that period

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Direct labor budget

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A schedule of direct labor requirements for the budget period

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Manufacturing and overhead budget

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A schedule of production costs other than those for direct labor and materials

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Selling and admin budget

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A schedule of all non-production spending expected to occur during the budget period

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Operating capital

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Funds available for use in financing the day-to-day activities of a business

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Decentralized company

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An organization where managers at all levels have the authority to make decisions concerning the operations for which they are responsible

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Responsibility accounting

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A system in which managers are assigned and held accountable for certain costs, revenues, or assets

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Cost variance

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A difference between actual cost and budgeted cost

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Responsibility center

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An organizational unit in which a manger has control over and is held accountable for its performance

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The 3 types of responsibility centers

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  1. Cost
  2. Profit
  3. Investment
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Cost center

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Manager has control over what costs are incurred

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Profit center

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Manager has control over the generation of revenues and costs

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Investment center

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Manager has control over revenues, costs, and amounts invested

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Segment margin

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The difference between segment revenue and segments costs

Sales - variable costs = combination margin - direct fixed costs

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Segment margin statement

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A profit and loss statement that identifies costs directly chargeable to a segment and further divides them into variable and fixed costs behavior patterns

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Direct costs

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Costs that are specifically traceable to a business unit or segment being analyzed

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Segment margin ratios

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The segment margin divided by the segment’s net sales revenue - a measure of the profitability of the segment’s operating performance

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Financial accounting

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Summary data primarily used and intended for people outside the business who are making occasional decisions

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Managerial accounting

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Detailed data used and intended for people inside the business who are making daily decisions

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Product-line income statement

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Shows both the gross profit and the income loss generated from operations for each product lines sold

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Product-line profitability report

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Shows the profitability of different product lines over time for a manufacturer over a broad operation

Internally generated and confidential

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Cost center report

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Confidential report comparing budgeted and actual expenses

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Cost accountant

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An accountant who is specifically to prepare and analyze accounting info for internal decision making

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

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Financial accounting department

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Controller, financial statement accountant, and bookkeeper prepared balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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What are the 3 Functions of managerial accounting?

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  1. Planning
  2. Controlling
  3. Evaluating
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Long-run planning

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  • Includes strategic planning and capital budgeting

- making decisions whose effects extend several years in the future (3-5)

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Short-term planning

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Includes production and process prioritizing, and operational budgeting

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The 2 categories of short-run planning

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Production prioritizing and operational budgeting

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Production prioritizing

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Managements continual evaluation to various product lines and profitability in order to identify opportunities and improve profits

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Operational budgeting

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Managerial planning decisions regarding current and immediate operations that are characterized by regularity and frequency

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  1. Controlling
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Tracking the actual performance of a company by measuring variances between estimated and actual achievement

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  1. Evaluating
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Comparing actual performance against expected inputs of costs, outputs of quality, and timelines

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What are the 3 types of businesses?

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  1. Manufacturing
  2. Servicing
  3. Merchandising
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Manufacturing business

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Any organization whose main economic activity involves using components or raw material to make finished goods

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Service business

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Any organization whose main economic activity invloves producing a non-physical product that provides value

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Merchandising business

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A business that purchased finished goods for resale

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Product costs

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All costs necessary to create the product, the cost of all people and processes

-reported in the income statement as part of cost of good sold once the product is sold

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Period costs

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Activities or facilities outside of production that are charged as expenses to the income statement in the period they were incurred

-reported immediately on the income statement in the period they are incurred

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What are the 3 types of manufacturing costs?

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  1. Direct materials
  2. Direct labor
  3. Manufacturing overhead
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Direct materials

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Includes the cost of raw materials that are used directly in the manufacture of products

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Direct labor

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Includes hourly wages and other payroll related costs and expenses of factory employees who work directly on products

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Manufacturing overhead

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Includes all manufacturing costs incurred during the manufacturing process that are not classified as direct labor or materials (rent/utilities etc)

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Cost of goods manufactured statement

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A schedule supporting the income statement that summarize the total cost of goods manufactured and transferred out of the work in process inventory account during a period

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Product vs. period costs

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Costs incurred inside factory vs. costs incurred outside factory

Inventoried as part of the balance Shay then transferred to cost of goods sold expense vs. expensed immediately in the income statement

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Merchandising product and period costs

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Product costs: purchasing goods from suppliers

Period costs: selling and administration costs

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Servicing product and period costs

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Product: providing services, direct labor and service overhead

Period:
Selling and administration costs

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Manufacturing product and period Costs

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Product: Manufacturing product, direct materials and labor, and manufacturing overhead
Period: selling and administration costs

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Indirect materials

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Materials that are necessary but are not directly included in or are not a significant part of the product i.e. glue and screws etc

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Indirect labor

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Labor that is necessary but not directly related to actual production (maintenance)

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Cost volume profit analysis CVP

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Techniques for determining how changes in revenues, costs, and level of activity affect the profitability of an organization

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Fixed costs

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Cost they remain constant in total, regardless of activity level, over a certain range of activity

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Variable costs

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Cost that change in total in direct proportion to change is an activity level

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Stepped costs

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Cost that change in total in large amounts with changes in volume of activity

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Mixed costs

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Costs that contain both variable and fixed cost components

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Relevant range

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The range of operating level, or volume of activity where the relationship between total cost and activity are approximately linear

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Economy of scale

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A pattern of decreasing cost per unit as a unit volume increases

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Direct costs

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Costs that can physically be traced to a business unit or segment

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What are the three classifications of manufacturing overhead?

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  1. Estimated
  2. Actual
  3. Applied
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Estimated manufacturing overhead

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The amount of overhead cost that management has budgeted for the upcoming production period created by dividing estimated overhead by the expected level of activity

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Actual manufacturing overhead

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Manufacturing costs other than direct materials or labor recorded as costs incurred

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Applied manufacturing overhead

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The amount of the manufacturing overhead that is assigned to the goods produced, entered as production takes place in our applied to work in process on the basis of predetermined overhead rate

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How does manufacturing overhead work?

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Manufacturing overhead is a temporary holding account that simultaneously records actual overhead costs as they occur while regularly transferring allocated overhead costs into the asset account called work in process inventory

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Under applied manufacturing overhead

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The amount of actual overhead expenses incurred during the period exceeded the amount of overhead applied during the period

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Over applied manufacturing overhead

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The amount of actual overhead expenses incurred during the period was less than the amount of overhead applied during the period

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What is the CVP equation?

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Sales revenue - variable costs - fixed costs = profit

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Contribution margin

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The difference between total sales and variable costs, the portion of sales revenue available to cover fixed costs and provide a profit

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Contribution margin income statement

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And income statement in which costs are separated by behavior (fixed/variable) instead of by functional classification (cost of goods, admin expenses)

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Per unit contribution margin

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The excess of the sales price of one unit over it’s variable costs

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Break even point

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The amount of sales at which total cost of the number of units sold = the total revenue at which point there is no profit or loss

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Where does the break even point fall on the break even chart?

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The break even point is where total revenues = total costs

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Differential costs

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Future cost that change is a result of a decision also called incremental or relevant costs

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Sunk costs

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Past costs that cannot and do not change as a result of a future decision

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The two categories of costs

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1. Out of pocket

2. Opportunity

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Out-of-pocket costs

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Cost they require an outlay of cash or other resources

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Opportunity costs

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The benefits lost or forfeited as a result of selecting one alternative course of action over another

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Contribution margin calculation

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CM = sales revenue - variable costs

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Breakeven calculation

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Sales revenue - variable costs - fixed costs = $0

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CVP calculation

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Sales revenue - variable costs -fixed costs = profit

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Return on sales revenue

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A measure of operating performance computed by dividing net income by total sales revenue

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What is the CVP equation for a variable cost ratio in place of a per unit variable cost?

A

Sales revenue - (variable cost ratio x sales revenue) - fixed costs = profit

159
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Contribution margin ratio

A

The percentage of sales revenue left after variable costs are deducted

160
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What are the three methodologies for computing product costs?

A
  1. Job order costing
  2. Activity-based costing
  3. Process costing
161
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Job order costing

A
  • A method of product costing whereby each job, product, or batch of products is costed separately
  • used when the product or service provided can be considered as separate and distinct from other products
162
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Activity-based costing ABC

A

-A method of attributing overhead costs to products based on measurable factors that relate to activities that create overhead costs and allocating those cost based on activities

163
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Process costing

A

A method of product costing whereby production costs for a period or accumulated and then averaged over all units manufactured during the period

164
Q

What is cost data needed for?

A

Setting sales prices, measuring gross margin, valuing assets, and making optimal choices

165
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Unit level activities

A

Overhead activities that are performed each time a unit is produced

166
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Batch level activities

A

 overhead activities that are performed each time a new production batch is started or ended

167
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Product line activities

A

Overhead activities that are associated with the capability to produce different types of products

168
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Cost pool

A

A combination of costs associated with performing a specific task such as producing a particular product

169
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Activity rate

A

The amount of the estimated cost pool divided by the estimated number of cost driver events

170
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Cost driver

A

A numerical measure used to reflect the amount of a specific cost that is associated with a particular activity

Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting (1 decks)

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