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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Solutions Manual: Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business
Decision Making, 10th Edition
Authors: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Jill E. Mitchell
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Chapter 1. Managerial Accounting
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Chapter 2. Job Order Costing
Chapter 3. Process Costing
Chapter 4. Activity-Based Costing
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Chapter 5. Cost-Volume-Profit
Chapter 6. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis: Additional Issues
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Chapter 7. Incremental Analysis
Chapter 8. Pricing
Chapter 9. Budgetary Planning
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Chapter 10. Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting
Chapter 11. Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard
Chapter 12. Planning for Capital Investments
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Chapter 13. Statement of Cash Flows
Chapter 14. Financial Analysis: The Big Picture
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, CHAPTER 1
Managerial Accounting
Learning Objectives
1. Identify the features of managerial accounting and the functions of management.
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2. Describe the classes of manufacturing costs and the differences between product and period
costs.
3. Demonstrate how to compute cost of goods manufactured and prepare financial statements for a
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manufacturer.
4. Discuss trends in managerial accounting.
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, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. (a) Not true. Managerial accounting is a field of accounting that provides economic and financial
information for managers and other internal users.
(b) Joe is incorrect. Managerial accounting applies to all types of businesses—service,
merchandising, and manufacturing.
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Control: Cost Accounting
2. (a) Financial accounting is concerned primarily with external users such as stockholders,
creditors, and regulators. In contrast, managerial accounting is concerned primarily with
internal users such as officers and managers.
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(b) Financial statements are the end product of financial accounting. These statements are
prepared quarterly and annually. In managerial accounting, internal reports may be
prepared as frequently as needed.
(c) The purpose of financial accounting is to provide general-purpose information for external
users. The purpose of managerial accounting is to provide special-purpose information for
specific internal decisions.
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3. Differences in the content of the reports are as follows:
Financial Managerial
Pertains to business as a whole and is Pertains to subunits of the business and
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highly aggregated. may be very detailed.
Limited to accrual accounting and cost data. Extends beyond accrual accounting
Generally accepted accounting principles. system to any relevant data.
Standard is relevance to decisions.
In financial accounting, financial statements are verified annually through an independent audit
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by certified public accountants. There are no independent audits of internal reports prepared by
managerial accountants.
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4. Linda should know that the management of an organization performs three broad functions:
(1) Planning requires management to look ahead and to establish objectives.
(2) Directing involves coordinating the diverse activities and human resources of a company to
produce a smooth-running operation.
(3) Controlling is the process of keeping the company’s activities on track.
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5. Not true. Decision-making is not a separate management function. Rather, decision-making
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involves the exercise of good judgment in performing the three management functions explained
in the answer to question four above.
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Control: Cost Accounting
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