Chapter 16: 16RQ (page 884)
Describe a service company, and give an example.
Service company provides services to customers, examples are American express, hospitals, etc.
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What are product costs?
Describe a merchandising company, and give an example.
Comparing managerial accounting and financial accounting
Match the following terms to the appropriate statement. Some terms may be used more than once, and some terms may not be used at all.
Directing Managerial
Creditors Managers
Controlling Planning
Financial Stockholders
a. Accounting systems that must follow GAAP.
b. External parties for whom financial accounting reports are prepared.
c. The role managers play when they are monitoring day-to-day operations and keeping the company on track.
d. Internal decision makers.
e. Accounting system that provides information on a company’s past performance.
f. Accounting system not restricted by GAAP.
g. The management function that involves choosing goals and deciding how to achieve them
Preparing an income statement and calculating unit cost for a merchandising company
Dillon Young owns Dillon’s Pets, a small retail shop selling pet supplies. On December 31, 2018, the accounting records for Dillon’s Pets showed the following:
Merchandise Inventory on December 31, 2018 $ 10,500
Merchandise Inventory on January 1, 2018 16,000
Net Sales Revenue 56,000
Utilities Expense for the shop 3,200
Rent for the shop 4,100
Sales Commissions 2,750
Purchases of Merchandise Inventory 25,000
Requirements
1. Prepare an income statement for Dillon’s Pets for the year ended December 31, 2018.
2. Dillon’s Pets sold 5,550 units. Determine the unit cost of the merchandise sold, 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.
11.Salary of the sales manager
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