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Unit 01

Cost Concepts and the Manufacturing Schedule

5 items
  • What cost accounting is for
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  • Manufacturing costs — DM, DL, and overhead
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  • The manufacturing-cost schedule
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  • Cost behaviour and the high-low method
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  • Unit 1 checkpoint
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Unit 02

Variable and Absorption Costing

6 items
  • Why two costing methods exist
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  • The variable-costing income statement
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  • The absorption-costing income statement
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  • Reconciling the profit difference
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  • Capacity and the fixed-overhead rate
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  • Unit checkpoint — Variable and Absorption Costing
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Unit 03

Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

5 items
  • Contribution margin and breakeven
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  • Target profit and margin of safety
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  • Operating leverage and the PV graph
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  • Multi-product breakeven and sales mix
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  • Unit 3 checkpoint: CVP from breakeven to sales mix
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Unit 04

Decision-Making and Relevant Costs

6 items
  • What makes a cost relevant
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  • Special orders
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  • Make or buy
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  • Add or drop a segment
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  • Constrained resource
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  • Unit 4 checkpoint — Decision-making and relevant costs
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Unit 05

Review and Practice Exam

2 items
  • Integrator 1 — Cost schedule, variable & absorption statements, reconciliation
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  • Integrator 2 — CVP analysis and a relevant-cost decision
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