Questions and Answers of Managerial Accounting Decision Making

Fuqua Company’s sales budget projects unit sales of part 198Z of 10,000 units in January, 12,000 units in February, and 13,000 units in March. Each unit of part 198Z requires 4 pounds of materials,
North Company has completed all of its operating budgets. The sales budget for the year shows 50,000 units and total sales of $2,250,000. The total unit cost of making one unit of sales is $25.
Elbert Company classifies its selling and administrative expense budget into variable and fixed components. Variable expenses are expected to be $24,000 in the first quarter, and $4,000 increments
For Roche Inc., variable manufacturing overhead costs are expected to be $20,000 in the first quarter of 2020, with $5,000 increments in each of the remaining three quarters. Fixed overhead costs are
For Gundy Company, units to be produced are 5,000 in quarter 1 and 7,000 in quarter 2. It takes 1.6 hours to make a finished unit, and the expected hourly wage rate is $15 per hour. Prepare a direct
Perine Company has 2,000 pounds of raw materials in its December 31, 2019, ending inventory. Required production for January and February of 2020 are 4,000 and 5,000 units, respectively. Two pounds
Sales budget data for Paige Company are given in BE9.2. Management desires to have an ending finished goods inventory equal to 25% of the next quarter’s expected unit sales. Prepare a production
Paige Company estimates that unit sales will be 10,000 in quarter 1, 14,000 in quarter 2, 15,000 in quarter 3, and 18,000 in quarter 4. Using a sales price of $70 per unit, prepare the sales budget
Sheen Co. manufactures a standard cabinet for a Blu-ray player. The variable cost per unit is $16. The fixed cost per unit is $9. The desired ROI per unit is $6. Compute the markup percentage on
Carey Company had sales in 2019 of $1,560,000 on 60,000 units. Variable costs totaled $900,000, and fixed costs totaled $500,000. A new raw material is available that will decrease the variable costs
Mary Webster owns and manages a company that provides trenching services. Her clients are companies that need to lay power lines, gas lines, and fiber optic cable. Because trenching machines require
James Brooks estimated the variable and fixed components of his company’s utility costs using the high-low method. He is concerned that the cost equation that resulted from the high-low method
Empire Company is a manufacturer of smart phones. Its controller resigned in October 2020. An inexperienced assistant accountant has prepared the following income statement for the month of October
The following data were taken from the records of Clarkson Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020.Instructionsa. Prepare a cost of goods manufactured schedule. (Assume all raw materials used
Nalpo Ltd manufactures and markets a small table that attaches to ladders. The following annual budget is based on 75,000 units made and sold:Actual production figures for year 1 and year 2 were as
Bishop & Co. manufactures vinyl pond lining for the water-garden industry. The company buys vinyl beads by the tonne and heats and rolls them into large sheets which are then cut to the required
Brightwell Shades Ltd has developed a new kind of sunglasses, the Shadewell, whose strength can be manually adjusted. The variable cost of one pair is £50 but the firm is unsure what the
a) What is meant by ‘price elasticity of demand’?b) Create a numerical example of the ‘absorption cost suicide spiral’.c) Explain the differences between the accountant’s and the
The Chinkin Corporation produces surfboards. Its sales have been 300 a month for the last few months but it is about to launch an expansion strategy aimed at increasing sales by 50% over the next
Flipside Ltd manufactures a single-size lubrication unit for use in wind turbines etc. It operates a standard absorption costing system and uses variance analysis to control its operations. The
Elbo Ltd makes roof tiles. It has two production departments: moulding and packing. It makes two different sizes of tile, the Handi and the Jiant. The following table shows the standard costs of
Fablus Limited makes a single product, the NL. It operates a standard absorption costing system. The budget for 2012 shows sales of 500,000 NLs at £0.25 giving a profit of £12,500.Actual
Triform Limited operates a standard absorption costing system. During last month, it made only one product, the TR2. Using the following information, you are required to calculate as many variances
Medibed manufactures hospital beds. These are complicated mobile platforms with several moving parts. It is located on the outskirts of Bromsgrove and has good connections to the motorway system.
In common with the rest of the National Health Service, Freeshire Hospital Trust is having to cope with considerable constraints on resources. To address this, a new accountant was appointed two
Chumpy Lighting Limited manufactures a wide variety of light bulbs which it sells to lighting shops and builders merchants through wholesale distributors. It also sells direct to the big UK
Parnham Clarke (UK) plc manufactures and markets ‘off-the-shelf’ material fastenings (based on zips and Velcro) mainly for the clothing industry. These are mostly sold through a network of
The following are extracts from the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets of Digby plc:Task:Comment on Digby€™s liquidity, capital structure, profitability and working capital
Shoes Ltd has operated in the retail sector for the past eight years. A summary of its financial statements for the year just ended is given below:
The Alborg Company Ltd manufactures and sells doors and window frames to the building trade. It has been expanding rapidly over the last two years, experiencing an annual growth rate of 25%. The
Charlesworth plc is a distributor of tiles to the building trade. The vast majority of these tiles are purchased in Eastern Europe and South-East Asia. It has been quite successful since it was set
SACCUS is a local charity which decides to hold an outdoors fund-raising event in mid-summer. The secretary has a connection with an entertainments company which puts on musical laser light shows for
Jim Culf is the manager of the Royal Hotel, Bigtown-on-Sea. In anticipation of preparing next year€™s budget, he has analysed his recent costs and income. His findings are summarized
Hughes Healthfoods makes and sells two types of diet supplement, Slim Quick (SQ) and Healthy Living (HL). It has a single production line on which the two products are made alternately in batches.
Jean-Paul Cie (J-P) is a world-famous haute-couture fashion house based in Paris. It also manufactures a range of perfumes, all made from secret recipes. Only one ingredient called
Marie and Peter Bridge run a business manufacturing and selling sets of the popular French game, boules. The boules are turned from aluminium, packaged in a neat carrying case and sold for £22 a
Murray Polls Limited recently contracted to conduct an opinion poll concerning global warming and its causes. Its costing for this job is shown below:(Overheads are absorbed on the basis of
The Eldave Advertising Agency has been working on a campaign for Greenpoint Leisure Limited for the last four months. The campaign is for Greenpoint’s eco-friendly holidays in South America and
Fiesole Ltd is considering the selection of one of a pair of mutually exclusive capital investment projects. Both would involve the purchase of machinery with a life of five years. Fiesole uses the
The Adaptor Company has recently invested £40,000 in a market research survey to determine the demand for its new product, the AdaptAll. The bill for this survey has not yet been paid. Adaptor is
Medley Ltd makes dishwashers. There are three production departments: machining, assembly and finishing; and two service departments: maintenance and stores.Costs are as follows:Production statistics
Ugur Ltd makes three different types of marine compass: Type A, Type D and Type N. Each compass passes through two production departments: assembling and finishing. Ugur absorbs its overheads on the
Hoffman Ltd makes only two types of portable cooking stove, the Lightweight (LW) and the Megarange (MR). Last year it produced 4,500 LWs and 500 MRs. The direct materials cost £3.00 for one LW
Pullman Products manufactures ceramic discs for industrial use. It makes the discs in three sizes: small (S), medium (M) and large (L). Product costs are calculated using a simple absorption costing

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