Chapter 16: Q1RQ (page 884)
1. What is the primary purpose of managerial accounting?
Short Answer
Managerial accounting is a field of accounting that has the purpose of providing information to managers and employees.
Chapter 16: Q1RQ (page 884)
1. What is the primary purpose of managerial accounting?
Managerial accounting is a field of accounting that has the purpose of providing information to managers and employees.
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Chewy Bones manufactures its own brand of pet chew bones. At the end of December 2018, the accounting records showed the following:
Balances: Beginning Ending
Direct Materials \( 13,400 \) 10,500
Work-in-Process Inventory 0 1,500
Finished Goods Inventory 0 5,400
Other information:
Direct materials purchases $ 39,000
Plant janitorial services 900
Sales salaries 5,100
Delivery costs 1,700
Net sales revenue 115,000
Utilities for plant 1,200
Rent on plant 9,000
Customer service hotline costs 1,600
Direct labor 16,000
Requirements
1. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for Chewy Bones for the year ended December 31, 2018.
2. Prepare an income statement for Chewy Bones for the year ended December 31, 2018.
3. How does the format of the income statement for Chewy Bones differ from the income statement of a merchandiser?
4. Chewy Bones manufactured 17,500 units of its product in 2018. Compute the company’s unit product cost for the year, rounded to the nearest cent.
Identify each cost as a period cost or a product cost. If it is a product cost, further indicate if the cost is direct materials, direct labor, or manufacturing overhead. Then determine if the product cost is a prime cost and/or a conversion cost.
6. Wages of assembly line workers for a factory
Distinguishing between direct and indirect costs Granger Cards is a manufacturer of greeting cards. Classify its costs by matching the costs to the terms.
a. Artists’ wages
b. Wages of materials warehouse workers
c. Paper
d. Depreciation on manufacturing equipment
e. Manufacturing plant manager’s salary
f. Property taxes on manufacturing plant
g. Glue for envelopes
Identifying product costs and period costs Classify each cost of a paper manufacturer as either a product cost or a period cost:
i. Life insurance on the CEO.
Identify each cost as a period cost or a product cost. If it is a product cost, further indicate if the cost is direct materials, direct labor, or manufacturing overhead. Then determine if the product cost is a prime cost and/or a conversion cost.
8. Property taxes on the factory
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