
Concept introduction:
Decision making plays an important role in the management. The decisions taken by managers are called managerial decisions. Managerial Decisions are decisions taken by managers for the operations of a firm. These decisions include setting target growth rates, hiring or firing employees, and deciding what products to sell. Manager’s decisions are taken on the basis of quantitative as well as the qualitative measures. The managerial decision includes the decisions like make or buy, accept or reject new offers, sell or further process etc. These decisions are taken on the basis of relevant costs.
Relevant costs are the costs that are relevant for any decision making. Relevant costs are helpful for take managerial decisions like make or buy, accept or reject new offers, sell or further process etc.
Two basic types of the relevant costs are as follows:
- Out-of-pocket costs
- Opportunity costs
To indicate:
If the net operating income will increase or decrease if Drafty is eliminated

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Managerial Accounting
- QUESTION: On June 30, 2009, Sideways Movers had $243,000 in current assets and $211,000 in current liabilities. On August 1, 2009, Sideways received $50,000 from an issue of promissory notes that will mature in 2012. The notes pay interest on February 1 at an annual rate of 6 percent. Sideways' fiscal year ends on December 31. What is the interest expense for December 31?arrow_forwardDetermine the gross income of this financial accounting questionarrow_forwardwhat is the balance in the supplies account after adjustmentarrow_forward
- Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)AccountingISBN:9781305961883Author:Carl WarrenPublisher:Cengage Learning
