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horngrens cost accounting a managerial emphasis

Questions and Answers of Horngrens Cost Accounting A Managerial Emphasis

FIFO method (continuation of 17-40). REQUIRED Do Problem 17-40 using the FIFO method of process costing. If you did Problem 17-40, explain any difference between the cost of work completed and
Transferred-in costs, weighted-average method. Publish Inc. has two departments: Print- ing and Binding. Each department has one direct-cost category (direct materials) and one indirect-cost category
‘Transferred-in costs, FIFO costing (continuation of 17-43). Refer to the information in Problem 17-43. Suppose that Publish Inc. uses the FIFO method instead of the weighted- |J ia)c ost of work
Transferred-in costs, weighted-average and FIFO. Frito-Lay Inc. manufactures convenience foods, including potato chips and corn chips. Production of corn chips occurs in four | joi) cost of work in
Standard costing with beginning and ending work in process. Paquita’s Pearls Company(PPC) is a manufacturer of knock-off jewellery. Paquita attends Fashion Week in New York City every September and
Operation costing. Two styles of men’s shoes are manufactured by the Comfort Fit Shoe Company: Designer and Regular. Designer style is made from leather, and Regular style uses synthetic materials.
Operation costing, equivalent units. (CMA, adapted) Plastco Industries manufactures a variety of plastic products, including a series of moulded chairs. The three models of moulded chairs, which are
Equivalent-unit computations, benchmarking, governance. Susan Draco is the corpo- rate controller of Comfort Suits. Comfort Suits has 20 plants worldwide that manufacture basic suits for retail
Transferred-in costs, equivalent-unit costs, working backwards. Ottawa Plastics Corp.Aeeialesofending workin hast wo processes—extrusion and thermo-assembly. Consider the June 2010 data for
Operation costing. Farkas Shoes, a high-end shoe manufacturer, produces two lines of shoes O. Budseted cost of goads man- for women. The shoes are identical in design, but differ in the materials
Distinguish among spoilage, rework, and scrap, and apply the appropriate methods to account for the costs of normal and abnormal costs LO1
Apply process-costing methods to account for spoilage using weighted average and first-in, first-out (FIFO) methods LO1
Apply the standard-costing method to account for spoilage in process costing using the standard-costs method, and allocate costs of normal spoilage LO1
Apply job cost allocation procedures to account for spoilage in job costing LO1
Apply cost allocation procedures to account for reworked units and scrap LO1
"I am going to focus on the customers of my business and leave cost-allocation issues to my accountant." Do you agree with this comment by a division president?LO1
How can an individual cost item, such as the salary of a plant security guard, be both a direct cost and an indirect cost at the same time?LO1
What are four purposes of cost allocation?LO1
What criteria might be used to justify cost-allocation decisions? Which are the dominant criteria?LO1
Identify six reasons why Canadian executives allocate costs to divisions and departments.LO1
How do cost-benefit considerations affect choices by a company about the allocation of indirect costs to products, services, or customers?LO1
Name three decisions managers face when designing the cost-allocation component of an accounting system.LO1
Give examples of bases used to allocate corporate cost pools to the operating divisions of an organization.LO1
Why might a manager prefer that budgeted rather than actual indirect cost-allocation rates be used for costs being allocated to her department from another department?LO1
"To ensure unbiased cost allocations, fixed indirect costs should be allocated on the basis of estimated long-run use by user department managers." Do you agree? Why?LO1
Specify the strengths and weaknesses among the three methods of allocating the costs of service departments to production departments.LO1
What is theoretically the most defensible method for allocating service department costs?LO1
Distinguish between two methods of allocating common costs.LO1
What is one key way to reduce cost-allocation disputes arising with government contracts?LO1
How might a dispute over the allocation of revenues of a bundled product be resolved?LO1
Single-rate versus dual-rate cost-allocation methods. (W. Crum, adapted) An Ontariobased company has a power plant that was designed and built to serve its three factories. Data for 2010 are as
Single-rate versus dual-rate methods, support department. The Ontario power plant that services all manufacturing departments of Ontario Engineering has a budget for the coming year. This budget has
Dual-rate method, budgeted versus actual costs, and practical capacity versus actual quantities (continuation of 14-18). Chocolat Inc. decides to examine the effect of using the dual-rate method for
Support department cost allocation, reciprocal method (continuation of 14-20). Refer to the data given in Exercise 14-20. REQUIRED 1. Allocate the two support departments' costs to the two operating
Allocating costs of support departments; step-down and direct methods. The Central Valley Company has prepared department overhead budgets for budgeted-volume levels before allocations as
Direct and step-down allocation. E-books, an online book retailer, has two operating departments—Corporate Sales and Consumer Sales—and two support departments—Human Resources and Information
Reciprocal cost allocation (continuation of 14-24). Consider E-books again. The controller of E-books reads a widely used textbook that states “the reciprocal method is conceptually the most
Allocating costs to divisions. Gether Corporation manufactures appliances. It has four divisions: Refrigerator, Stove, Dishwasher, and Microwave Oven. Each division is located in a different city and
Support department cost allocations; single-department cost pools; direct, step-down, and reciprocal methods. The Manes Company has two products. Product 1 is manufactured entirely in Department X.
Common costs. Wright Inc. and Brown Inc. are two small clothing companies that are con- sidering leasing a dyeing machine together. The companies estimated that in order to meet production, Wright
Cost allocation to divisions. Lenzig Corporation has three divisions: Pulp, Paper, and Fibres. Lenzig's new controller, Ari Bardem, is reviewing the allocation of fixed corporate- overhead costs to
Allocation. of corporate costs to divisions. Dusty Rhodes, controller of Richfield Oil Company, is preparing a presentation to senior executives about the performance of its four divisions. Summary
Cost allocation to divisions. Forber Bakery makes baked goods for grocery stores, and has @three divisions: Bread, Cake, and Doughnuts. Each division is run and evaluated separately, |. Bread
Matrix algebra. A firm that manufactures specialized scientific equipment, Nominal 2. Engineering artificial costs, Engineering Inc. (NED, has decided to implement a new costing system to more
Matrix algebra. Computer retailer Lowest Price Bargains Ltd. (LPBL) sells computers of all models and sizes at low prices. The company can keep its costs down with very careful cost allocation of
Apply cost-allocation methods to the allocation of joint costs LO1
Analyze alternative cost- allocation methods to assign joint costs to individual products LO1
Explain the irrelevance of joint costs in deciding to sell or further process inputs LO1
Understand the governance challenges of joint costing LO1
Account for byproducts using two different methods LO1
Give two examples of industries in which joint costs are found. For each example, what are‘ the individual products at or beyond the splitoff point?LO1
What is a joint cost? What is a separable cost?LO1
Distinguish between a joint product and a byproduct.LO1
Why might the number of products in a joint-cost setting differ from the number of outputs?Give an example.LO1
Provide three reasons for allocating joint costs to individual products or services.LO1
Why does the sales value at splitoff method use the sales value of the total production in the accounting period and not just the sales value of the products sold?LO1
Describe a situation where the sales value at splitoff method cannot be used but the estimated _NRV method can be used for joint cost allocation.LO1
Distinguish between the sales value at splitoff method and the estimated NRV method.LO1
Give two limitations of the physical measure method of joint cost allocation.LO1
How might a company simplify its use of the estimated NRV method when the final selling prices can vary sizably in an accounting period and management makes frequent changes to the point at which it
Why is the constant gross margin percentage NRV method sometimes called a “joint cost and a profit allocation” method?LO1
“Managers must decide whether a product should be sold at splitoff or processed further. The sales value at splitoff method of joint cost allocation is the best method for generating the
“Managers should consider only additional revenues and separable costs when making decisions about selling now or processing further.” Do you agree? Why?LO1
Describe two major methods to account for byproducts.LO1
Why might managers witha monthly bonus payment based on attaining a target operating income prefer a byproduct accounting method that recognizes byproducts at the time of sale rather than
Joint cost allocation, insurance settlement. Quality Chicken grows and processes chickens. @Each chicken is disassembled into five main parts. Information pertaining to production in 1a aint casts
Joint products and byproducts (continuation of 15-16). Quality Chicken is computing 2 the ending inventory values for its July 31, 2009, balance sheet. Ending inventory amounts on | Wings ending
Net realizable value cost-allocation method, further process decision. (W. Crum) A crushhaere ing and refining process for mineral ore is performed by Montore Inc. It creates three main pital inetd
Process further or sell, joint cost allocation. (R. Capettini) Three products are produced 1P.r oduct A incremental costs, in a joint process by the Maxxim Company. The products are denoted as A, B,
Estimated net realizable value method. Divco Inc. produces two joint products, cooking Total estimated het realizable oil and soap oil, from a single vegetable oil refining process. In July 2010, the
Net realizable value method. Convad Company is one of the world’s leading corn refiners. It produces two joint products, corn syrup and corn starch, using a common production process.In July 2009,
Joint cost allocation, sales value, physical measure, NRV methods. Instant Foods produces two types of microwavable products—beef-flavoured ramen and shrimp-flavoured ramen. The two products share
Joint cost allocation, process further. Sinclair Oil & Gas, a large energy conglomerate, jointly processes purchased hydrocarbons to generate three nonsaleable intermediate products: ICR8, ING4,
Alternative methods of joint cost allocation, ending inventories. The Darl Company operates a simple chemical process to convert a single material into three separate items, referred to here as X, Y,
Accounting for a main product and a byproduct. (Cheatham and Green, adapted) Yum 1.T otal revenues under sales Inc. is a producer of potato chips. A single production process at Yum Inc. yields
Joint costs and byproducts. (W. Crum) Royston Inc. is a large food processing company. It 1. Net joint costs to be processes 120,000 kilograms of peanuts in the Peanuts Department at a cost of
Comparison of alternative joint cost allocation methods, further-processing decision. The Chocolate Factory manufactures and distributes chocolate products. It purchases cocoa beans and processes
Joint cost allocation, process further or sell. (CMA, adapted) Sonimad Sawmill Inc. (SSI)purchases logs from independent timber contractors and processes the logs into three types of lumber
Alternative methods of joint cost allocation, product-mix decision. The Northwest 1.a .J ointc osts allocated Forestry Products Company processes lumber products for sale to lumber wholesalers. Its
Alternative methods of joint cost allocation, product-mix decisions. The Sunshine Oil @Company buys crude vegetable oil. Refining this oil results in four products at the splitoff 5. joint costs
Joint cost allocation, relevant costs. (R. Capettini, adapted) Consider the following ©scenario. Each day a butcher buys a 200-kilogram pig for $360. The pig can be processed to 9 joint costs
Accounting for a byproduct. West-Coast Oceanic Water (WOW) desalinates and bottles sea einventoriable cast of main water. The desalinated water is in high demand from a large group of environmentally
Joint cost allocation. Elsie Dairy Products Corp buys one input, full-cream milk, and refines ea inbeaststacarenli it in a churning process. From each gallon of milk Elsie produces two cups (one
Further-processing decision (continuation of 15-34). Elsie has decided that buttermilk ©may sell better if it were marketed for baking and sold in pints. This would involve additional |, proce
Joint cost allocation with a byproduct. The Cumberland Mine is a small mine that extracts coal in central Alberta. Each tonne of coal mined is 40% Grade A coal, 40% Grade B coal, 1. Joint costs tbe
Byproduct-costing journal entries (continuation of 15-36). Cumberland’s accountant o needs to record the information about the joint products and byproducts in the general | ppp inventory 10,000,
Accounting for a byproduct. Sanjana’s Silk Shirts (SSS) hand-makes blouses and sells them &to high-end department stores. SSS buys bolts of silk for $300 each. Out of each bolt it gets |.
Estimated net realizable value method, byproducts. (CMA, adapted) The Princess @Corporation grows, processes, packages, and sells three joint apple products: (a) sliced Rea wien apples that are used
Joint product/byproduct distinctions, governance (continuation of 15-39). The Princess Corporation classifies animal feed as a byproduct. The byproduct is inventoried at its selling price when
Joint cost allocation, process further or sell byproducts. (CMA) The Remarkable Pharma- ©ceutical Company manufactures three joint products from a joint process: Alpha, Beta, and; 1. Estimated net
Joint cost allocation. Memory Manufacturing Company (MMC) produces memory mod- ©i -step process: chip fabrication and module assembly. Cost Allocation:es ue PP P : In chip fabrication, each batch of
Apply revenue-allocation methods to individual products in a bundled package LO1
Analyze product profitability using level 3 and 4 sales and level 4 cost variances LO1
Evaluate the relevance of information obtained from revenue and cost variance analyses LO1
Analyze customer profit- ability by applying ABC cost hierarchy concepts LO1
Prepare a customer profitability profile LO1
Provide examples of interdependencies and relate them to Exhibit 11-1.LO1
Define relevant cost. Why are historical costs irrelevant?LO1
Why is book value irrelevant to equipment purchase decisions?LO1
Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative factors in decision making.LO1

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