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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
Financial Management and Control
Financial Management and Control
Question 1
Gross Profit and Closing Stock Valuations
FIFO
LIFO
Average Costing
Units
Cost per Unit
Total Cost
Units
Cost per Unit
Total Cost
Units
Cost per Unit
Total Cost
1st Jan
200
4
800
200
4
800
200
4
800
1st Feb
250
5
1250
250
5
1250
250
5
1250
1st May
225
6
1350
225
6
1350
225
6
1350
1stMarch
250
3.5
875
250
3.5
875
250
3.5
875
1st April
175
4
700
175
4
700
175
4
700
1st June
200
5.5
1100
200
5.5
1100
200
5.5
1100
1st July
-200
4
800
-200
5.5
1100
-700
4.67
3266.67
-250
5
1250
-175
4
700
-225
6
1350
-250
3.5
875
-25
3.5
87.5
-75
6
450
TOTAL
600
3487.5
600
3125
600
3266.67
FIFO
LIFO
AVCO
Sales
5600
5600
5600
Less: Cost of Sales
Purchases
6075
6075
6075
Less: Closing Stock
-2587.5
-3487.5
-2950
-3125
-2808.33
-3266.67
Gross Profit
2112.5
2475
2333.33
Discussion of three methods
LIFO
Last in first out is ...
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ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS
Accounting Analysis
Accounting - Analysis
Answer of question 1
Material handling departments budget
payroll
180000
employee on costs
36000
telephone
38000
other utilities
22000
material and supplies
6000
depreciation
6000
Total
288000
Direct material budget
Government contracts
2006000
commercial products
874000
Total
2880000
Material handling rate that would have been used by smith is
= Total material handling department budget / Total direct material budget
= ...
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Accounting
Accounting
LIFO vs. FIFO
LIFO Method
The abbreviation LIFO stands for "last in first out", meaning that the consumer goods that have been bought as a last resort, to be used as the first again. It is like a grain mountain that is needed for the harvest. The wheat was harvested first is ...
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FINANCE
Financial Analysis
Financial Analysis
Introduction
This paper provides a financial analysis of three companies, namely Tesco Plc, Morrison Supermarkets and Sainsbury. The major focus of this paper is on the ratio analysis of the given companies. Past 5 years performance is analyzed in depth.
Discussion
Tesco PLC
Tesco is considered to be the top grocery ...
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East Coast Marine Limited
East Coast Marine Limited
Introduction
The accounting concept name “Activity Base Costing” is pretty much defined by its name. Basically, it is a costing system based on activity. It is a system in which costs and staff timing are produced by breaking down every activity into its component ...
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Finance Queries
Finance Queries
In Operating Lease, the lesser transfers the right of usage of the property and not the ownership. After the lease ends the lessee returns the required property to the lesser. As the lessee don't take the risk of the ownership, the expense of lease is treated ...
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Financial Analysis
Financial Analysis
Problem 1
Explain why the company may classify this as an extra ordinary charge.
In accounting, extra ordinary charges are those that are unforeseen and infrequent. They are accounted in a separate heading, so they do not make any distortion in the firm's expected income. Thus, they are recorded ...
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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Financial Accounting and Reporting
Answer One
Since the financial turmoil has passed on, there has been a series of criticism regarding the accounting standards. These accounting standards are causing a great problem to the economies of several countries. The first controversy, which is related ...
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Intermediate Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
The following answers are related to the accounting standards designed by the International authorities which all the entities either public sector or private sector need to follow in order to represent the financial information through the financial statements. The accounting standards discussed below is GAAP, IASB and FASB. ...
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Activity Based Costing
Activity based costing (ABC) is a costing model that aims to allocate costs to products and services more accurately. This model attempts to allocate costs depending on the actual activities that cause overheads to be incurred. Traditional models used simplistic approaches such as, use of machine hours, to ...