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Managerial Accounting
Cumberland County Senior Services is a non-profit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their own homes within the Cumberland County area. Three services are
At the beginning of this year, a group of lawyers and accountants in Calgary decided to join efforts in providing one stop legal and accounting consulting services to industry and the government. The
Airflow Inc. produces ceiling fans for home and industrial use. The parts for the different styles of fans are produced and sold by the Parts Division to the Assembly Division of Airflow Inc. The
Wallen Products Inc. has just purchased a small company that specializes in the manufacture of electronic tuners that are used as a component part of LCD TVs. Wallen Products is a decentralized
What are the four groups of performance measures typically included in a balanced scorecard?
Okanagan College has provided the following data to be used in its service department cost allocations:RequiredUsing the direct method, allocate the costs of the service departments to the two
What is meant by the term residual income?
Collyer Products Inc. has a Valve Division that manufactures and sells a standard valve as follows:The company has a Pump Division that could use this valve in the manufacture of one of its pumps.
How do the direct and step down methods of service department cost allocation differ?
What are interdepartmental services?
How are service department costs assigned to products?
Quality cost reports typically break down types of quality costs into four broad groups. What are these four groups, and how do they differ?
Over the past several years, Claire Jackson, CEO and founder of Easy Learning (EL), has been working to expand operations outside of Canada. In particular, she has placed two longtime, trusted
You have recently accepted a position with Sea-Jewels Inc., the manufacturer of a popular consumer product. When trying to open your variance analysis files, you find some of them have become
Grosch! Company has had great difficulty in controlling manufacturing overhead costs. At a recent convention, the president heard about a control device for overhead costs known as a flexible budget,
Ryder Company produces a single product, school backpacks made of a sturdy nylon fabric. The production of these bags requires a relatively large amount of labour time. Overhead cost is applied
Comfort Company produces leather office chairs. The standard cost per chair is as follows:During 2017, Comfort Company produced and sold 12,000 office chairs. Management believes that the denominator
You became acquainted with the concept of under or over applied overhead. The under or over applied overhead can be broken down into what four variances?
The cheque-clearing office of Pay Loans Company is responsible for processing all cheques that come to the company for payment. Managers at the company believe that variable overhead costs are
Oxford Concrete Inc. (OCI processes and distributes various types of cement. The company buys quarried local rock, limestone, and clay from around the world and mixes, blends, and packages the
Onassis Catering is a Greek company that provides passenger and crew meals to airlines operating out of two international airports in Athens and Corfu. The operations at the two airports are managed
AnimPix Inc. is a small company that creates computer-generated animations for films and television. Much of the company's work consists of short commercials for television, but the company also does
Quick Supply distributes office supplies to small to medium sized offices throughout the Region of Waterloo, Ontario. Quick Supply sets its prices by marking up its cost of goods sold by 5%. For
Ace Mining Tools Ltd. of Calgary makes specialty tools used in the mining industry. The company uses an ABC system for internal decision making. The company has four activity cost pools, as listed
Various activities at Husang Corporation, a claims processing centre that provides service to several large insurance companies, are listed below:Activitya. Employees check claims against
Colby Company makes cases for cell phones of all sizes and types for sale through specialty retailers. The company makes a standard model for the most recent iPhone as well as a deluxe model.
Larner Corporation manufactures two types of light fixtures for industrial use, the J78 and the W52. The company's ABC system contains the following six activity cost pools and activity
Tambin Inc. produces a gasoline additive that, when added to the gas tank of the average automobile, is designed to increase gas mileage by 10%. The company's controller suspects that the year-end
Refer to the data for Rachel's Real Root Beer in Case 6-19. Assume the company uses the FIFO method. Required:Take on the role of Switzer and prepare the report for Archer. Be sure to provide
United Claim Processors provides claims processing services for major insurance companies. The Winnipeg location processes all health benefit claims for various insurance benefit providers. Claims
Ainsley Industries uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. Data for the Assembly Department for May appear below:RequiredCompute the cost per equivalent unit for materials,
Sharpton Fabricators Corporation manufactures a variety of parts for the automotive industry. The company uses a job-order costing system with a plant wide predetermined overhead rate based on direct
Companies typically base their predetermined overhead rates on the estimated, or budgeted, amount of the allocation base for the upcoming period. This is the method that is used in the chapter, but
Companies typically base their predetermined overhead rates on the estimated, or budgeted, amount of the allocation base for the upcoming period. This is the method that is used in the chapter, but
Mountain Manufacturing Company produces custom stamped metal parts for a variety of customers in Western Canada. During January, the company had two jobs in process. Job A was an order for 1,200
Calgary Injection Moulding operates a job-order costing system and applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours. In computing an overhead rate for the year, the company's estimates
Gordon Company is highly automated and uses computerized controllers in manufacturing operations. The company uses a job-order costing system and applies manufacturing overhead cost to products on
Under what conditions is it appropriate to use a process costing system?
What is the second-stage allocation in ABC?
While many Easy Learning (EL) customers develop their own educational content to use with the EL online learning platforms. some prefer to hire EL to develop content for them. Custom online content
Coverall Inc. produces and sells a unique type of case for a standard size tablet computer that is guaranteed waterproof but still allows for regular functionality of the tablet. The company has just
Give an example of how preparing a budget can lead to the coordination of activities between different functional areas in an organization.
What is the starting point when preparing a budget for a not-for-profit organization?
Auto Lavage is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Quebec. The following table provides data concerning the company's costs:The company expects to
Refer to the data in Exercise 9-8. Auto Lavage's actual level of activity was 8,100 cars. The actual revenues and expenses for October are given belowRequired1. Prepare a flexible budget performance
What is a stretch budget? What is a challenging but attainable budget?
Air Assurance Corporation provides on site air quality testing services. The company has provided the following data concerning its operations:The company uses the number of jobs as its measure of
Crydon Inc. manufactures an advanced swim fin for scuba divers. Management is now preparing detailed budgets for the third quarter, July through September, and has assembled the following information
Which budget schedule replaces the production budget for merchandising companies?
How might the volume variance be measured other than in dollars?
You have been asked to prepare a December cash budget for Ashton Company, a distributor of exercise equipment. The following information is available about the company's operations:a. The cash
Springfield Corporation operates on a calendar-year basis. It begins the annual budgeting process in late August, when the president establishes targets for total sales dollars and net operating
What are some possible causes of an unfavourable flexible budget variance for direct labour?
Franklin Products Limited manufactures and distributes a number of products to retailers. One of these products, SuperStick, requires four kilograms of material 0236 in the manufacture of each unit.
What are the three approaches to improving ROI?
The production department of Zan Corporation has submitted the following forecast of units to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year:In addition, 6,000 grams of raw materials inventory
The Bakery Department of Culbert Dessert Corporation has submitted the following forecast of fruit pies to be produced by quarter for the upcoming fiscal year.Each unit requires 0.30 direct
Colerain Corporation is a merchandising company that is preparing a budget for the third quarter of the calendar year. The company's balance sheet as of June 30 is shown belowColerain's managers have
Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company's balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has
The following data relate to the operations of Soper Company, a wholesale distributor of consumer goods, as of March 31:a. The gross margin is 25% of sales.b. Actual and budgeted sales data are as
Refer to the data for Scott Products Inc. in Problem 9-21. The company's president is interested in knowing how reducing inventory levels and collecting accounts receivable sooner will impact
The Western Division of Keltic Company manufactures a vital component that is used in one of Keltic's major product lines. The Western Division has been experiencing some difficulty in coordinating
TipTop Flight School offers flying lessons at a small municipal airport. The school's owner and manager has been attempting to evaluate performance and control costs using a variance report that
Garneau Manufacturing Ltd. produces and distributes a special type of chemical compound called Compound WX. The information below about Garneau's operations has been assembled to assist budget
Specialty Chemicals Ltd. makes a special powder coating for metal surfaces sold in envelope-style pouches. The main ingredient of this powder coating is a chemical known as X43. Information
Davis Division uses two raw materials-X33 and Z42-to produce its product called Base 23, a chemical base for interior house paint. The materials are mixed in the following standard proportions to
If employees are consistently unable to meet a standard, what effect would you expect this to have on their productivity?
Topline Surf Boards manufactures a single product. The standard cost of one unit of this product is as follows:During October, 6,000 units were produced. Selected data relating to the month's
Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labour-hours, and its standard costs per unit are as follows:The company planned
Johnston Company (JC) sells two types of bicycles with details as follows for 2019:Required:1. Calculate the budgeted contribution margin for each model.2. Calculate the following variances:a.
Rest Easy produces two types of mattresses: Regular and Heavenly. Budgeted and actual data for 2018 were as follows:Market Data for 2019:Expected total market unit sales of mattresses: Regular
Affordable Electronics Inc. manufactures medium-quality, reasonably priced wireless speakers for home use. The company uses standards to control its costs. The labour standards that have been set for
Worldwide Credit Card Inc. uses standards to control the labour time involved in opening mail from cardholders and recording the enclosed remittances. Incoming mail is gathered into batches, and a
The standard cost card for the single product manufactured by Princess Company is given below:Last year, the company produced 6,800 units of product and worked 5,225 actual direct labour-hours.
Kenworth Company uses a job-order costing system. Only three jobs-Job 105, Job 106, and Job 107- were worked on during November and December. Job 105 was completed on December 10; the other two jobs
Gold Nest Company of Hong Kong is a family-owned enterprise that makes souvenirs for the tourist market. The company sells through an extensive network of trading companies that receive commissions
Grange Company has two departments. Stamping and Assembly. The company uses a job-order costing system and computes a predetermined overhead rate in each department. The Stamping Department bases its
Sweeten Company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of March and no beginning inventories. It started only two jobs during March Job P and Job Q. Job P was completed and sold by the end of March
A company assigns overhead cost to completed jobs on the basis of 150% of direct labour cost The job cost sheet for Job 313 shows that $12,000 in direct materials was used on die job and that $16,000
How is the weighted average contribution margin per unit calculated for companies that sell two or more products?
Sportway Inc. produces high-quality tennis racquets and golf clubs using a patented forming process and high quality hand-finishing. Products move through two production departments: Forming and
Creative Web Design uses a job-order costing system to track the costs of its web design projects. The company provides complete website design and hosting services. The following table provides data
Cretin Enterprises uses a predetermined overhead rate of $7 .50 per direct labour hour. This predetermined rate was based on 16,000 estimated direct labour-hours and $120,000 of estimated total
Melissa Loester, the new controller of PowerDrives Inc., has just returned from a seminar on the choice of the activity level in the predetermined overhead rate. Even though the subject did not sound
Logan Products computes its predetermined overhead rate annually on the basis of machine-hours. At the beginning of the year, it estimated that its total manufacturing overhead would be $348,000 and
When would job-order costing be used instead of process costing?
Patterson Products Inc. is considering an upgrade to its manufacturing equipment. The two upgrade options under consideration are shown below.The selling price of the company's product is $120 per
Colby Limited is a manufacturing company whose total factory overhead costs fluctuate somewhat from year to year, according to the number of machine-hours worked in its production facility. These
Running Data began operations on February 1. The company produces GPS watches designed for runners. On February 15, the company purchased 1,000 DVD discs to include with each running watch it sells.
Skate World is a merchandising company that sells skateboards both at its retail s tore and its online store. Results for the most recent three months are shown below.Required1. Identify each of the
For a manufacturing company, what is the difference between how the gross margin and contribution margin are calculated?
Why is it potentially problematic that the high-low method only uses two data points to determine the cost function?
Lilly Martin is a third-year university student who has operated her own lawn care business for the past four years. She has one employee, her younger brother, whom she pays $15 per hour. He has
The Outdoor Dining Company specializes in producing a set of wood patio furniture consisting of a table and four chairs. The set enjoys great popularity, and the company has ample orders to keep
The following information pertains to the most recent quarter at Precious Production Limited.1. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured.2. Prepare an income statement.3. Assume that the
What are some examples of things socially responsible organizations should provide for their employees?
Crosshill Company's total overhead costs at various levels of activity are presented below:Assume that the overhead cost above consists of utilities, supervisory salaries, and maintenance. The
A number of graphs displaying cost behaviour patterns are shown below. The vertical axis on each graph represents total cost, and the horizontal axis represents the level of activity
Wave Runners is a boat rental business that has the following costs over the relevant range of 12,000 to 18,000 operating hours for its boats:Required:1. Complete the schedule of the company's total
What is meant by the term margin of safety?
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