Fundamentals of Cost Accounting, 7th Edition
by Lanen & Maher Chapters 1 - 18
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INTRODUCTIONwANDwOVERVIEW
ChapterwOne:wCostwAccounting:wInformationwforwDecisionwMaking
ChapterwTwo:wCostwConceptswandwBehavior
COSTwANALYSISwANDwESTIMATION
ChapterwThree:wFundamentalswofwCost-Volume-ProfitwAnalysis
ChapterwFour:wFundamentalswofwCostwAnalysiswforwDecisionwMaking
ChapterwFive:wCostwEstimation
COSTwMANAGEMENTwSYSTEMS
ChapterwSix:wFundamentalswofwProductwandwServicewCosting
ChapterwSeven:wJobwCosting
ChapterwEight:wProcesswCosting
ChapterwNine:wActivity-BasedwCosting
ChapterwTen:wFundamentalswofwCostwManagement
ChapterwEleven:wServicewDepartmentwandwJointwCostwAllocation
MANAGEMENTwCONTROLwSYSTEMS
ChapterwTwelve:wFundamentalswofwManagementwControlwSystems
ChapterwThirteen:wPlanningwandwBudgeting
ChapterwFourteen:wBusinesswUnitwPerformancewMeasurement
ChapterwFifteen:wTransferwPricing
ChapterwSixteen:wFundamentalswofwVariancewAnalysis
ChapterwSeventeen:wAdditionalwTopicswinwVariancewAnalysis
ChapterwEighteen:wPerformancewMeasurementwtowSupportwBusinesswStrategy w
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Answers at the end of each chapter
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, 3) Travon'swLimowServicewprovideswtransportationwserviceswinwandwaroundwBentonville
.wItswprofitswhavewbeenwdeclining,wandwmanagementwiswplanningwtowaddwawpackagewdeliveryw
servicewthatwiswexpectedwtowincreasewrevenuewbyw$275,000wperwyear.wThewtotalwcostwtowleas
ewadditionalwdeliverywvehicleswfromwthewlocalwdealerwisw$60,000wperwyear.wThewpresentwman
agerwwillwcontinuewtowsupervisewallwservices.wHowever,wlaborwandwutilitieswcostswwillwincreas
ewbyw40%wandwrentwandwotherwcostswwillwincreasewbyw15%wwhenwthewpackagewdeliverywservi
cewiswadded.
Travon’swLimowServicewAnnu
alwIncomewStatement
Before Expansion
SaleswRevenue $w960,000
Costs:
VehiclewLeases $w400,000
Labor 290,000
Utilities 50,000
Rent 100,000
OtherwCosts 60,000
Manager’swSalary 120,000
TotalwCosts 1,020,000
OperatingwProfitw(Loss) $w(60,000)
a. Preparewawreportwofwthewdifferentialwcostswandwrevenueswifwthewdeliverywservicewiswadded.
b. Shouldwmanagementwstartwupwthewdeliverywservice?wExplainwyourwanswer.
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