ACCT 2301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Income Statement, Direct Labor Cost, Management Accounting

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Financial accounting focuses more on providing information to outside entities: while managerial focuses on providing information to internal users. Financial accounting data is more aggregated than managerial accounting data. Value-added principle management accountants can gather or release any data as long as it adds value to the firm: such as forecasting information something that is restricted in financial accounting (cid:1) Managerial accountants are primarily responsible for determining product cost. Components of product cost: a company normally incurs three types of costs when making products. Overhead (equipment consumed in the process of making products) Ex: operating costs, selling and admin cost, taxes, interest costs (cid:1) When inventory is sold the combined cost of materials, labor, and overhead is expensed as costs of goods sold. Direct raw materials costs the costs of materials that can be easily and conveniently traced to products.

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