Unscramble 8. This variance is associated with fixed manufacturing overhead. VOLUME VUOELM Unscramble VOLUME UOLVEM Unscramble 9. A budget that changes with the volume of good output is a ___________ budget. FLEXIBLE...
Unscramble 8. This variance is associated with fixed manufacturing overhead. VOLUME VUOELM Unscramble VOLUME UOLVEM Unscramble 9. A budget that changes with the volume of good output is a ___________ budget. FLEXIBLE...
Assigning manufacturing overhead costs to products being manufactured by using a manufacturing overhead rate.
Usually refers to manufacturing overhead costs such as factory supplies, factory depreciation, indirect factory labor, etc. To learn more, see Explanation of Manufacturing Overhead.
Our Explanation of Activity Based Costing illustrates how manufacturing overhead costs for a product will differ when costs are allocated using only the number of machine hours, as opposed to being allocated using the...
Our Explanation of Nonmanufacturing Overhead provides examples of a manufacturer's expenses which are not considered to be costs of a product for financial reporting. However, they are operating expenses that will have...
Is the depreciation of delivery trucks a period cost or is it manufacturing overhead? The depreciation on the trucks used to deliver products to customers is a period cost. The depreciation on delivery trucks will be...
What is a plant-wide overhead rate? Definition of Plant-wide Overhead Rate A plant-wide overhead rate is often a single rate per hour or a percentage of some cost that is used to allocate or assign a company’s...
or Practice Quiz for this topic. For more insight regarding a specific question, use the search box at the top of the page. 1. In a conventional or traditional costing system, the manufacturing overhead costs were often...
Our Explanation of Standard Costing uses an easy-to-relate to example for illustrating a manufacturer's standard costs and variances. Also provided is a chart which indicates each variance, what it tells you, and where...
What is the traditional method used in cost accounting? Definition of Traditional Method in Cost Accounting The traditional method of cost accounting refers to the allocation of manufacturing overhead costs to the...
the amounts appearing on a company’s external income statement. Example of Contribution Margin Ratio Assume that a company manufactures and sells a single product and has the following information: Selling price per...
Our Explanation of Activity Based Costing illustrates how manufacturing overhead costs for a product will differ when costs are allocated using only the number of machine hours, as opposed to being allocated using the...
A term used in cost accounting to arrive at the cost per unit. The term is associated with the units that are not completed at the end of an accounting period. For example, if 500 units are completed as far as materials,...
A method of costing manufactured items that differs from normal costing and standard costing. Under actual costing each accounting period’s actual manufacturing overhead costs and each accounting period’s...
the wages and fringe benefits of the direct labor employees and the cost of the temporary staff that are working directly on the manufacturer’s products. The direct labor cost is classified as the following: A product...
manufacturing and increased demands from customers, direct labor is no longer the main cost driver of indirect manufacturing overhead. In addition to direct labor, today’s drivers of indirect manufacturing costs...
Manufacturing overhead assigned to units of output. Often this is applied via a standard overhead rate. See the Explanation of Standard Costing.
, the process costing system is more appropriate.) Process Costing Process costing is a cost accounting system for calculating the manufacturing costs (direct materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead) of...
What are indirect manufacturing costs? Definition of Indirect Manufacturing Costs Indirect manufacturing costs are a manufacturer’s production costs other than direct materials and direct labor. Indirect manufacturing...
What are conversion costs? Definition of Conversion Costs Conversion costs is a term used in cost accounting that represents the combination of direct labor costs and manufacturing overhead costs. In other words,...
, labor, and manufacturing overhead. Some manufacturers use standard costs in their accounting system. The term price is used when referring to the amount that a seller has established for its products. Accountants might...
What is the major weakness of the traditional method of allocating factory overhead? Definition of Traditional Method Allocating Factory Overhead The traditional method of allocating factory overhead (manufacturing...
costing (or) variable costing This type of manufacturing accounting excludes fixed manufacturing overhead from the inventory and cost of goods sold. It is not acceptable for external financial reporting or for income...
), in units, hours of services provided, etc. The basic calculation of the break-even point in sales dollars for a year is: fixed expenses (fixed manufacturing, fixed SG&A, fixed interest) for the year divided by the...
See variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance.
The actual cost of direct materials, the actual cost of direct labor, and manufacturing overhead applied by using a predetermined annual overhead rate.
Usually an annual manufacturing overhead rate established just prior to an accounting year and based on budgeted amounts.
A single overhead rate for assigning all of the manufacturing production and service department costs to products. This rate is less accurate than departmental rates if a company manufactures a diverse group of...
See variable manufacturing overhead spending variance.
. Examples of Production Costs A manufacturer’s production costs consists of the costs for the following: Direct materials Direct labor Manufacturing overhead Join PRO to Track Progress Mark the Question as Read...
What is the difference between prime costs and conversion costs? Cost Categories of a Manufactured Product Prime costs and conversion costs pertain to the three cost categories of a manufactured product: Direct materials...
, and certain deferred charges. The term fixed assets generally refers to the long-term assets, tangible assets used in a business that are classified as property, plant and equipment. Examples of fixed assets are...
Direct materials, direct labor and manufacturing overhead costs. Also referred to as product costs, production costs, and inventoriable costs.
In manufacturing, the product cost includes direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. A retailer’s product cost is the net cost from suppliers plus costs to get the product in place and ready for...
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.
of the following would not be included in a product's cost for inventory valuation for the financial statements? Factory Supplies Wrong. Factory supplies are included in manufacturing overhead. Quality Control...
department is part of the factory overhead costs that must be assigned to the products. (Instead of being assigned we could say that manufacturing overhead must be allocated or applied to products by using an overhead...
What is prime cost? Definition of Prime Cost In cost accounting, the prime cost of a manufactured product is the combination of the following: Direct materials cost Direct labor cost The indirect manufacturing costs...
that a manufacturer has only one product and 80,000 units were manufactured and sold during a recent year. The selling price was $10 per unit. The variable expenses were $4 per unit (consisting of manufacturing costs of...
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