Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Example
Cost Objects:
increases
decreases
o
o
o
Top left trace to car, top right (direct) cant trace to one car
(indirect)
Bottom left fixed direct as looking only at the one car, bottom right
fixed indirect lots of products
There is mixed costs e.g. mobile an fixed
o
o
o
o
Mix ingredients
High speed
Over
Manual oricess
Yeast direct, variable TICK (direct as the price is low, but
the cost of one loaf is low, and is easily
measureable.variable as it depends on number of loafs)
Flour direct, variable TICK
Packaging direct, variable TICK (direct if not small,
variable)
Dep on ovens direct, fixed (
Dep direct, fixed WRONG indirect, and fixedif units of
usevariable
Rent direct, fixed ?
Insurance indirct, ficed ?
Utilities direct, variable ?
Labor direct, variable (depends if fixed or variable union
contracts etcif wages set fixed)
Mix dept direct, fixed
Handlers direct, fixed
Custodian Indirect, Fixed
Night guard indirect, fixed
Machinist indirect, variable (reason why indirect is cause
you cannot trace it, mixing diff types of bread)
Maintenance indirect, variable
Cleaning indirect, variable (if spills) if regular (fixed)
Exam = multiple choice and you can make an
argument either way.
More Vocab
Types
o
o
o
of firms
Manuf create
Merchandise dont do much to the product just sell it
Service not involved in selling anything
9. Any cost after the costs are finished, are a period costs. If within manuf
process invent
iv.
b. WIP (assets) will All be inventory
i. DR Beginning Balance (inventorable costs)
ii. DR cost of DM used in manuf (inventory)
iii. DR Cost of direct labour (inv)
iv. DR Manuf
1. LESS CR -COGS of manuf its finished!
a. Balance (flows to next)
2.
2.
d. COGS (expense)
i. DR: Item is sold COGS matching principlestarts at 0,
(Adds here on the 4th)
1. .CR COGS in finished goods (TIMING CR in
previous in above)
In accrual accounting, the matching principle states that
expenses should be recorded during the period in which they
are incurred, regardless of when the transfer of cash occurs.