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Objectives
1. Describe theAfter cost assignment process. studying this 2. Define tangible and intangible products and chapter, you should explain why there different product cost beare able to: definitions. 3. Prepare income statements for manufacturing and service organizations. 4. Outline the differences between functionalbased and activity-based management accounting systems.
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Cost is the cash or cash-equivalent value I see Its a dollar sacrificed for goods measure of the and services that is expected to bring future what is Exactly resources used a tocurrent or benefit a to the organization. meant by cost? achieve given benefit.
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A cost object is any item such as products, customers, departments, projects, activities, and so on, for which costs are measured and assigned.
Example: A bicycle is a cost object when you are determining the cost to produce a bicycle.
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Traceability is the ability to assign a cost to a cost object in an economically feasible way by means of a cause-and-effect relationship. Direct costs are those costs that can be easily and accurately traced to a cost object.
Example: If a hospital is the cost object, the cost of heating and cooling the hospital is a direct cost.
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Indirect costs are those costs that cannot be easily and accurately traced to a cost object.
Example: The salary of a plant manager, where departments within the plant are defined as the cost objects.
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Tracing is the actual assignment of costs to a cost object using an observable measure of the resources consumed by the cost object. Tracing costs to cost objects can occur in the following two ways:
Direct tracing is the process of identifying and assigning costs that are exclusively and physically associated with a cost object to that cost object. Driver tracing is the use of drivers to assign costs to cost objects. Drivers are observable causal factors that measure a cost objects resource consumption.
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Direct Tracing
Driver Tracing
Allocation
Physical Observation
Causal Relationship
Assumed Relationship
Cost Objects
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Product cost is a cost assignment that supports a well-specified managerial object. Thus, what product cost means depends on the managerial objective being served.
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Design
Service
Develop
Distribute
Produce
Market
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Direct materials are those materials that are directly traceable to the goods or services being produced. Steel in an automobile
Wood in furniture
Alcohol in cologne
Denim in jeans
Braces for correcting teeth
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Direct labor is the labor that is directly traceable to the goods or services being produced. Workers on an assembly line at Tata Motors
A chef in a restaurant
A surgical nurse attending an open heart operation Airline pilot
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Overhead are all other production costs. Depreciation on building and equipment Maintenance Supplies Supervision
Power
Property taxes
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Noninventoriable (period) costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.
Salaries and commissions of sales personnel (marketing) Advertising (marketing) Legal fees (administrative) Printing the annual report (administrative)
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Prime Cost :
Direct Materials Costs + Direct Labor Costs
Conversion Cost:
Direct Labor Costs + Overhead Costs
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Manufacturing Organization Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 2004
Sales Less cost of goods sold: Beginning finished goods inventory Add: Cost of goods manufactured Cost of goods available for sale $ 500,000 1,200,000 $1,700,000 $2,800,000
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300,000
1,400,000
$1,400,000
Statement of Cost of Goods Manufactured For the Year Ended December 31, 2004
Direct materials: Beginning inventory Add: Purchases Materials available Less: Ending inventory Direct materials used Direct labor Manufacturing overhead: Indirect labor Depreciation Rent Utilities Property taxes Maintenance Total manufacturing costs added $200,000 450,000 $650,000 50,000 $ 600,000 350,000
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450,000 $1,400,000
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Total manufacturing costs added Add: Beginning work in process Total manufacturing costs Less: Ending work in process Cost of goods manufactured
Work in process consists of all partially completed units found in production at a given point in time.
Service Organization Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 2004
Sales Less expenses: Cost of services sold: Beginning work in process Service costs added: Direct materials Direct labor Overhead Total Less: Ending work in process Gross margin Less operating expenses: Selling expenses Administrative expenses Income before income taxes
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$300,000
215,000 $ 85,000
8,000 22,000
30,000 $ 55,000