Manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor. To learn more about manufacturing overhead, see our Manufacturing Overhead Outline.
Manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor. To learn more about manufacturing overhead, see our Manufacturing Overhead Outline.
A phrase used in standard costing. The production that is acceptable (not rejected products) and which is assigned manufacturing costs of direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead.
The estimated volume in a future period that will be used for allocating indirect manufacturing costs.
A plotting of points that represent both the volume and the associated cost. The y-axis indicates the amount of costs while the x-axis indicates the corresponding volumes.
A statistical tool that uses the least-squares method to estimate the fixed and variable components of mixed costs.
The actual cost incurred for manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor which increase as production volume increases. Examples include manufacturing supplies and electricity to operate the...
This ratio relates the costs in inventory to the cost of the goods sold. To learn more about this ratio, see Explanation of Financial Ratios.
The benefit foregone by choosing another course of action. Also known as the opportunity cost. The lost opportunity is sometimes measured by the lost contribution margin (sales minus the related variable costs).
Assigning manufacturing overhead costs to products being manufactured by using a manufacturing overhead rate.
Activities that are not specifically associated with a specific product or customer. For example, the costs of an audit and filing information with government agencies are examples of organization-sustaining activities.
A method used in allocating the costs of manufacturing service departments (factory administration, maintenance, etc.) directly to the producing departments in the factory. Under this method, no service department cost...
Selling price per unit minus variable costs per unit, or revenues per unit minus expenses per unit.
In cost accounting this term means to allocate, apply, apportion, or spread manufacturing overhead costs to the production output. In terms of accounts receivable, assign means to pledge accounts receivable to a lender...
The indirect manufacturing costs actually incurred during an accounting period.
An amount that is expensed immediately. For example, routine repair costs on equipment are revenue expenditures because they are charged directly to an income statement account such as Repairs and Maintenance Expense.
The variable manufacturing costs other than direct materials and direct labor that have been assigned to the products manufactured via a predetermined rate. Ideally, by the end of the accounting year the amount applied...
A decentralized division of a corporation which is responsible for and has control over its costs, revenues, and investments.
The amount of temporary staffing costs that were used during the time interval indicated in the heading of the income statement.
A technique using simultaneous equations to allocate a manufacturer’s service departments’ costs to both other service departments and to production departments.
The actual cost incurred for manufacturing costs that does not change as production volume changes. Examples include the property tax, rent, and depreciation of the factory building and equipment, and the salaries of the...
. Knowing how costs behave when sales or other activities change will allow you to better understand how a company’s gross profit and net income will change. It also allows you to quickly calculate a product’s...
than the current cost of the productive capacity being used up each year. Similarly, if a retailer’s cost of items in inventory is increasing at an annual rate of 10%, the cost of goods sold reported on the income...
report what the costs should have been (the standard cost). This means that the debit or credit balance in the Materials Usage Variance account must be included in the external financial statements. If the standard...
What is inventory valuation? Definition of Inventory Valuation In the U.S., inventory valuation is the dollar amount associated with the items remaining in a company’s inventory. Generally speaking, the amount is the...
production quantity, the cost to order is replaced by the costs related to __________ __________ a machine for a production run. 7. MRP is the acronym for materials __________planning. 8. Since the EOQ is the square...
Our Explanation of Income Statement helps you learn the most important features of a corporation's income statement (also known as the statement of operations or profit and loss statement). We provide more understanding...
to every dollar of each employee’s wages or salary. Select... True False 17. A federal tax identification number is also referred to as EIN, or __________ identification number. 18. A company is more likely to issue...
Our Explanation of Financial Statements provides you with the highlights of each of the five external financial statements issued by U.S. corporations. Our insights will give you a good understanding of what the...
Are commissions a cost of goods sold account or an expense? Definition of Commissions Commissions are compensation for obtaining sales. Hence, sales commissions are a selling expense and will be recorded in general...
In the context of inventory this means that the inventory should be reported at the lower of its cost or its net realizable value (NRV). The rule is associated with the conservatism guideline or principle. Net realizable...
Our Explanation of Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold will take your understanding to a new level. You will see how the income statement and balance sheet amounts are affected by the various inventory systems and cost flow...
__________–__________, __________–__________. 7. LIFO means __________ – __________, __________ – __________. 8. The cost flow assumption where the most recent costs are matched first with current period sales...
The method of accounting for treasury stock whereby the cost of the stock that is repurchased by the issuing corporation is recorded and is reported in the contra stockholders’ equity account Treasury Stock.
What is the difference between cost and expense? Definition of Cost A cost might be an expense or it might be an asset. Definition of Expense An expense is a cost that has expired or was necessary in order to earn...
The allocation of common costs based on the sales value of the products that emerge. For example, a company develops a large parcel of land at a cost of $5 million dollars. Individual lots will be sold for $100,000 to...
A predetermined dollar amount that one unit of a finished product should cost during an accounting period.
Our Explanation of Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold will take your understanding to a new level. You will see how the income statement and balance sheet amounts are affected by the various inventory systems and cost flow...
A predetermined dollar amount that a pound of material or an hour of labor should cost during an accounting period.
... Inventory Purchases Sales 17. The cost of inventory and the cost of goods sold should include which of these costs? Select... Freight-in Freight-out 18. The account Freight-out can be used under which inventory...
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