additions Purchasing land and buildings Land improvements New delivery trucks Required OSHA and environmental improvements A company’s planned capex projects and their costs are likely detailed in a company’s...
additions Purchasing land and buildings Land improvements New delivery trucks Required OSHA and environmental improvements A company’s planned capex projects and their costs are likely detailed in a company’s...
What is an unfavorable variance? Definition of a Variance In accounting the term variance usually refers to the difference between an actual amount and a planned or budgeted amount. For example, if a company’s budget...
manufactured. This is often done by using a predetermined overhead rate. The predetermined rate is likely based on the amount from the annual manufacturing overhead budget divided by some activity such as the expected...
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...
Is a favorable variance always an indicator of efficiency in operation? In a standard costing system, some favorable variances are not indicators of efficiency in operations. For example, the materials price variance,...
An unfavorable budget variance (e.g. an actual expense is more than the budgeted amount, or actual revenues are less than the budgeted amount) An amount that is being subtracted The meaning of a negative amount in a...
What is a non-discount method in capital budgeting? Definition of Non-discount Method of Capital Budgeting A non-discount method of capital budgeting is one that does not consider the time value of money. In other words,...
The costs that should have occurred for the actual good output are known as standard costs, which are likely integrated with a manufacturer’s budgets, profit plan, master budget, etc. The standard costs involve the...
of labor and a standard cost per hour of labor Manufacturing overhead: a budget for the fixed overhead, the standard variable overhead rate, and the standard quantity for applying a fixed and variable overhead rates In...
What is a favorable variance? Definition of a Variance In accounting the term variance usually refers to the difference between an actual amount and a planned or budgeted amount. For example, if a company’s budget for...
involving: Operating revenues Operating expenses Non-operating revenues and gains Non-operating expenses and losses Large companies may have thousands of income statement accounts in order to budget and report revenues...
Should capital budgeting decisions be based on cash flows or revenues and expenses? Definition of Capital Budgeting Decisions Capital budgeting assists in the investment decisions regarding assets that will have an...
Our Explanation of Nonprofit Accounting includes a chart that contrasts the financial statements of a nonprofit (or not-for-profit) organization with those of a for-profit business corporation. There are many examples to...
Our Explanation of Present Value of an Ordinary Annuity uses the appropriate present value factors for discounting a stream of equal cash amounts occurring at equal time intervals. An important feature is the use of loan...
to absorb its fixed manufacturing overhead costs, which variance will be unfavorable? Budget Wrong. The budget variance pertains to spending more than the budgeted amount. Efficiency Wrong. Volume Right! 14. A company...
a relevant a variable 11. The head of the accounting department in a very large manufacturing firm usually has which of the following titles? Select... CEO CFO CIO Controller 12. The budget that changes for increases or...
overhead rate is a cost __________. Select... budget center driver pool 13. If a company has a significant difference between its manufacturing overhead incurred and manufacturing overhead applied, the difference should...
Product-level activity or cost Facility-level activity or cost Organization-level activity or cost Use the following information for answering Questions 32 - 35: A company's budget for next year's operations...
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