Loose Leaf For Introduction To Managerial Accounting
Loose Leaf For Introduction To Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781260190175
Author: Brewer Professor, Peter C.; Garrison, Ray H; Noreen, Eric
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 2AE

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To determine

Per unit cost in traditional costing method Under traditional costing method, per unit cost is calculated by adding per unit cost of direct material, labor and overheads. Overhead costs are assigned to products by using a predetermined overhead rate.

Unit product cost for both the products under traditional costing method.

2

To determine

Per unit cost in Activity based costing:

Under activity-based costing, per unit cost is calculated by adding per unit cost of direct material, direct labor and overheads. Here, different activities are identified that give rise to indirect cost and total cost of all the activities (total indirect cost) are allocated to products in the ratio in which products use or consume different activities.

To calculate: Per unit cost under activity-based costing method.

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To determine

Traditional costing and activity-based costing Both the methods are used in cost accounting to allocate the overheads or indirect cost and to calculate total costs. Traditional costing system uses only one base for such allocation and activity-based costing system uses more than one base based on different activities.

To explain: Which costing system provides more accurate costs.

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Bonita Industries reports the following ledger account balances at June 30, 2025: Cash $1158 Accounts receivable 2838 Inventory 3384 Prepaid rent 104 Equipment 320 Accumulated depreciation-equipment 66 Accounts payable 920 Unearned rent revenue 144 Common stock 220 Retained earnings 6740 Service revenue 392 Interest revenue 80 Salaries and wages expense 200 Insurance expense 98 Assuming that all of the accounts have normal balances, what are total credits on the company's trial balance at June 30, 2025? A. $8562. B. $8586. C. $8496. D. $8482.
A trial balance will balance even if A. a journal entry to record the purchase of equipment for cash of $52100 is not posted. B. a $13100 cash dividend is debited to dividends for $13100 and credited to cash for $1310. C. a $510 collection on accounts receivable is credited to accounts receivable for $510 without a corresponding debit. D. a purchase of supplies for $595 on account is debited to supplies for $595 and credited to accounts payable for $559.
Equipment costing $15200 is purchased by paying $3800 cash and signing a note payable for the remainder. The journal entry to record this transaction should include a credit to Notes Payable. credit to Notes Receivable. credit to Equipment. debit to Cash.

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