Cornerstones: of Managerial Accounting, 5e

CORNERSTONES
of Managerial Accounting, 5e
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CHAPTER 2:
BASIC MANAGERIAL
ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS
Cornerstones of Managerial
Accounting, 5e
The Meaning and Uses of Cost

Determine the cost of products, services,
customers, and other items to managers.

Cost is the amount of cash or cash equivalent
sacrificed for goods and/or services that bring a
current or future benefit to the organization.
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The Meaning and Uses of Cost

(cont.)
As costs are used up in the production of
revenues do expire.
Expired costs are called expenses.
The revenue per unit is called price.
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Cost Objects
Managerial accounting systems are structured to
measure and assign costs.

A cost object is any item such as a product,
customer, department, project, geographic
region, plant, and so on, for which costs are
measured and assigned.
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Direct and Indirect Costs

Direct costs are costs that can be easily and
accurately traced to a cost object.

When a cost is easy to trace, we mean that the
relationship between the cost and the object can
be physically observed, is easy to track, and
results in more accurate cost assignments.
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Direct and Indirect Costs (cont.)

Indirect costs are costs that cannot be easily
and accurately traced to a cost object.

Some businesses refer to indirect costs as
overhead costs or support costs.
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Other Categories of Cost

Costs can be direct or indirect, and are analyzed
by their behavior patterns, or the way in which a

cost changes when the level of the output
changes.
Variable cost: A variable cost is one that increases in
total as output increases and decreases in total as

output decreases.
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Other Categories of Cost (cont.)

Fixed cost: A fixed cost is a cost that does not increase
in total as output increases and does not decrease in

total as output decreases.
Opportunity cost: An opportunity cost is the benefit
given up or sacrificed when one alternative is chosen
over another.
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Product Costs
Output is one of the most important cost objects.
There are two types of output: products and
services.
Products are goods produced by converting raw
materials through the use of labor and indirect
manufacturing resources, such as the
manufacturing plant, land, and machinery.
Televisions, hamburgers, automobiles, computers,
clothes, and furniture are examples of products.

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Service Costs
Services are tasks or activities performed for a
customer or an activity performed using an

organizations products or facilities.
Insurance coverage, medical care, dental care, funeral
care, and accounting are examples of service activities.

Car rental, video rental, and skiing are examples of
services where the customer uses an organizations
products or facilities.
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Determining Product Cost

Product (manufacturing) costs are costs, both
direct and indirect, of producing a product in a

manufacturing firm or of acquiring a product in a
merchandising firm and preparing it for sale.
Only costs in the production section of the value chain
are included in product costs.
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Direct Materials
Direct materials are materials that are a part of
the final product and can be directly traced to the

goods being produced.
The materials cost can be directly charged to
products because physical observation can be
used to measure the quantity used by each
product.
Materials that become part of a product usually
are classified as direct materials.
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Direct Labor
Direct labor is the labor that can be directly
traced to the goods being produced.

Physical observation can be used to measure the
amount of labor used to produce a product.

Those employees who convert direct materials into a
product are classified as direct labor.
A company can also have indirect labor costs.
Indirect labor is included in overhead and, therefore, is
an indirect cost rather than a direct cost.
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Manufacturing Overhead
All product costs other than direct materials and
direct labor are considered manufacturing

overhead.
Manufacturing overhead also is known as factory
burden or indirect manufacturing costs.
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Manufacturing Overhead (cont.)

Costs are included as manufacturing overhead if
they cannot be traced to the cost object of

interest (e.g., unit of product).
Manufacturing overhead cost category includes a
variety of items.
Examples include depreciation on plant buildings and
equipment, janitorial and maintenance labor, plant

supervision, materials handling, power for plant utilities,
and plant property taxes.
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Prime and Conversion Costs

Product costs of direct materials, direct labor, and
manufacturing overhead can be grouped into

prime cost and conversion cost:
Prime cost is the sum of direct materials cost and direct
labor cost.
Prime cost = Direct materials + Direct labor
Conversion cost is the sum of direct labor cost and
manufacturing overhead cost.

Conversion cost = Direct labor + Manufacturing Overhead
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Period Costs
Costs of production are assets that are carried in
inventories until the goods are sold.

Other costs, such as period costs, are not
carried in inventory.
Period costs are all costs that are not product costs
(i.e., all areas of the value chain except for production).
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Period Costs (cont.)

Examples of period costs: Office supplies, research
and development activities, the CEOs salary, and

advertising.
The level of period costs can be significant and
controlling them may bring greater cost savings than the
same effort exercised in controlling production costs.
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Selling Costs
Those costs necessary to market, distribute, and
service a product or service are selling costs.

EXAMPLES
Sales personnel
Salaries &
Commissions
Advertising
EXAMPLES
Warehousing
Shipping
Customer
Service
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Administrative Costs
Administrative costs include research,
development, and general administration of the

organization and cannot be assigned to either
selling or production.
General administration ensures that the various
activities of the organization are integrated so
that the overall mission of the firm is realized.
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Administrative Costs (cont.)

Examples of general administrative costs are: Executive
salaries, legal fees, printing the annual report, and

general accounting.
Research and development costs include: Designing
and developing new products and must be expensed in
the period incurred.
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Preparing Income Statements:

Cost of Goods Manufactured
The cost of goods manufactured represents the
total product cost of goods completed during the

current period and transferred to finished goods
inventory.
The cost of direct materials used in production
can be derived using the following formula:
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Preparing Income Statements:

Cost of Goods Manufactured
The direct materials used is then used to
calculate the cost of goods manufactured as

follows:
+ Direct materials
+ Direct labor
+ Manufacturing overhead costs
+ Beginning WIP inventory
- Ending WIP inventory
= Cost of goods manufactured
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Cost of Goods Sold

To meet external reporting requirements, costs
must be classified into three categories:

Production
Selling
Administration
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Cost of Goods Sold (cont.)

Cost of goods sold represents the cost of goods
that were sold during the period and then

transferred from finished goods inventory on the
balance sheet to cost of goods sold on the
income statement (i.e., as an inventory expense).
Cost of goods sold is calculated as:
+ Beginning finished goods inventory
+ Cost of goods manufactured
- Ending finished goods inventory
= Cost of goods sold
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Income Statement: Manufacturing

Firm
All sales revenue and expenses attached to a
time period are on the income statement.

The heading of the financial statement tells us
what type of statement it is Income Statement;
for what firm- the name of the company; and for
what period.
Sales revenue is calculated as:
Sales revenue = Price x Units sold
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Firm
Gross margin is the difference between sales
revenue and cost of goods sold:

Sales Revenue
Cost of Goods Sold
= Gross Margin
It shows how much the firm is making over and above
the cost of the units sold.
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Firm (cont.)
Gross margin does not equal operating income or profit
as it is computed without subtracting selling and

administrative expenses.
If gross margin is positive, the firm is charging prices
that cover the product cost.
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Operating Income
Selling and administrative expenses for the
period are subtracted from gross margin to arrive

at operating income.
Gross Margin - Selling and Administrative
Expenses = Operating Income
Operating income is the key figure from the
income statement
It shows how much the owners are actually earning
(profit) from the company.

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CORNERSTONES

The Meaning and Uses of Cost

customers, and other items to managers.

The Meaning and Uses of Cost

As costs are used up in the production of

measure and assign costs.

Direct and Indirect Costs

accurately traced to a cost object.

Direct and Indirect Costs (cont.)

and accurately traced to a cost object.

Other Categories of Cost

by their behavior patterns, or the way in which a

total as output increases and decreases in total as

Other Categories of Cost (cont.)

in total as output increases and does not decrease in

clothes, and furniture are examples of products.

customer or an activity performed using an

care, and accounting are examples of service activities.

Determining Product Cost

direct and indirect, of producing a product in a

are included in product costs.

the final product and can be directly traced to the

traced to the goods being produced.

amount of labor used to produce a product.

direct labor are considered manufacturing

burden or indirect manufacturing costs.

Manufacturing Overhead (cont.)

they cannot be traced to the cost object of

equipment, janitorial and maintenance labor, plant

Prime and Conversion Costs

manufacturing overhead can be grouped into

manufacturing overhead cost.

inventories until the goods are sold.

(i.e., all areas of the value chain except for production).

Period Costs (cont.)

and development activities, the CEOs salary, and

service a product or service are selling costs.

development, and general administration of the

Administrative Costs (cont.)

salaries, legal fees, printing the annual report, and

Preparing Income Statements:

The cost of goods manufactured represents the

total product cost of goods completed during the

Preparing Income Statements:

The direct materials used is then used to

calculate the cost of goods manufactured as

Cost of Goods Sold

must be classified into three categories:

Cost of Goods Sold (cont.)

that were sold during the period and then

Income Statement: Manufacturing

All sales revenue and expenses attached to a

time period are on the income statement.

Income Statement: Manufacturing

Gross margin is the difference between sales

revenue and cost of goods sold:

the cost of the units sold.

Income Statement: Manufacturing

Gross margin does not equal operating income or profit