Chapter 16: Q1TI_3 (page 865)
Identify the following characteristics as primarily related to financial accounting (FA) or managerial accounting (MA):
3. Is not required to follow GAAP.
GAAP refers to the accounting principles and guidelines and the correct answer is managerial accounting.
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Classifying period costs and product costs
Langley, Inc. is the manufacturer of lawn care equipment. The company incurs the following costs while manufacturing edgers:
• Handle and shaft of edger
• Motor of edger
• Factory labor for workers assembling edgers
• Lubricant used on bearings in the edger (not traced to the product)
• Glue to hold the housing together
• Plant janitorial wages
• Depreciation on factory equipment
• Rent on plant
• Sales commissions
• Administrative salaries
• Plant utilities
• Shipping costs to deliver finished edgers to customers
Requirements
1. Describe the difference between period costs and product costs.
2. Classify Langley’s costs as period costs or product costs. If the costs are product costs, further classify them as direct materials, direct labor, or manufacturing overhead.
Question:Preparing a schedule of cost of goods manufactured and an income statement for a manufacturing company
Gourmet 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 \( 13,500 \) 7,500
Work-in-Process Inventory 0 3,500
Finished Goods Inventory 0 5,200
Other information:
Direct materials purchases$ 36,000
Plant janitorial services 700
Sales salaries 6,000
Delivery costs1,300
Net sales revenue 107,000
Utilities for plant 1,300
Rent on plant 17,000
Customer service hotline costs 1,200
Direct labor23,000
Requirements
1. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for Gourmet Bones for the year ended December 31, 2018.
2. Prepare an income statement for Gourmet Bones for the year ended December 31, 2018.
3. How does the format of the income statement for Gourmet Bones differ from the income statement of a merchandiser?
4. Gourmet Bones manufactured 17,900 units of its product in 2018. Compute the company’s unit product cost for the year, rounded to the nearest cent.
List the four IMA standards of ethical practice, and briefly describe each.
ABC Cleaning Company cleaned 45 offices and incurred costs of $2,340. What was the cost to clean each office?
Comparing managerial accounting and financial accounting For each of the following, indicate whether the statement relates to managerial accounting (MA) or financial accounting (FA):
b. Provides detailed reports on parts of the company.
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