Vocabulary
Cost Classifications
Formulas
Misc.
100

A cost that remains constant, in total, regardless of the changes in the level of activity within the relevant range

What is a fixed cost?

100

The wages of a factory worker

What is direct labor (or product cost)? 

100
What is the formula to calculate the CM ratio?
Contribution Margin / Sales 
100

Which income statement (traditional or contribution) is used for CVP (cost-volume-profit) and other cost behavior analysis? 

Contribution approach income statement

200

Units of product that have been completed but not yet sold to customers

What is finished goods? 

200

The wages of the company's accountant

What is administrative expense (or period cost)? 

200

What is the formula to calculate the predetermined overhead rate?

Estimated manufacturing overhead costs / Estimated total units in allocation base = Predetermined overhead rate

200

What is the difference between the flow of product costs and period costs? 

Product costs flow through inventory accounts on the balance sheet until sold. Period costs are expensed right away on the income statement.

300

What is the conversion cost?

Direct labor + Manufacturing Overhead

300

Depreciation of factory equipment

What is manufacturing overhead? 

300

What is the contribution margin if: sales is 300k, variable COGS is 180k, variable selling & admin is 40k and fixed selling and admin is 25k

CM = 300k - 180k - 40k = 80k

300

What would the journal entry be for 50k of direct labor and 12k of indirect labor? 

Dr. Work in Process 50k

Dr. Manufacturing Overhead 12k 

      Cr. Salaries & Wages Payable 62k 

400

The excess of budgeted or actual dollar sales over the break-even dollar sales 

What is margin of safety? 

400

In a job-order costing system, indirect materials are usually recorded as debit to

What is manufacturing overhead?

400

What is the gross margin if: sales is 300k, variable COGS is 180k, variable selling & admin is 40k and fixed selling and admin is 25k

Gross margin = 120k

400

What is the difference between cost of goods manufactured, finished goods, and cost of goods sold? 

COGM - units of product completed during the period 

Finished goods - units of product completed but not yet sold to customers 

COGS - units of product sold to customers during the period 

500

A costing system that applies overhead to a job by multiplying a predetermined overhead rate by the actual amount of allocation base used by the job

What is normal costing? 
500

What is the opportunity cost: A manufacturing company is considering whether to continue producing a component part in-house or to outsource its production to an external supplier. Currently, the company uses a section of its factory floor and several employees to produce the component. If the company outsources production, it can use the freed-up factory space to expand its high-demand product line, which is expected to generate an additional $50,000 in profit annually.

The $50,000 additional profit from expanding the high-demand product line 

500

If sales are currently $750 and the contribution margin is $225 and sales are expected to increase by $100, but all other cost behavior patterns remain the same, how much (what $ amount) would net operating income increase by? 

Increase in operating income = increase in sales x CM ratio 

increase in NOI = 100 * 0.3 = $30 

500

Assume that a company is closing out their manufacturing overhead account at the end of the year. If the MOH is overapplied, what would the journal entry be? And what's the impact on net income? 

A debit to the MOH account and a credit to the COGS sold. And net income would increase as a result of the over application and the credit to COGS.