Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

7th Edition

ISBN: 9781118334331

Author: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

Publisher: WILEY

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Pine and Danner is an architectural firm that is contemplating the installation of activity-based costing. The following activities are performed daily by staff architects. Classify these activities as value-added or non-value-added: (a) designing and drafting, 3 hours; (b) staff meetings, 1 hour, (c) on-site supervision, 2 hours; (d) lunch, 1 hour; (e) consultation with client on specifications, 1.5 hours; and (f) entertaining a prospective client for dinner, 2 hours.

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Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

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