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- Due on Dec. 18, 2008
- Asked on Dec 16, 2008 at 7:29:27PM
Q:Appendix C ( Please use any company that you are familar with)
1.Which publicly traded company will you use for the final project?
2.Based on publicly available information for your company, can you tell if the company uses an activity-based costing system? What advantages do you think an activity based costing system provides or would provide (if any) for this company? Explain your answer based on the characteristics of activity-based costing systems and what you have learned about your company.
3.Identify any ethical issues that might arise in this organization.
4.Consider the budgeting needs of the organization youÂve chosen. Though the companyÂs budget may not be publicly available, answer the following questions based on available information and your knowledge of budgets.
List three kinds of budgets you would prepare as part of an operating budget for the organization. Explain why you think each of the budgets would be included in the companyÂs operating budget.
5.List three activities that would be included in an activity based budget for the organization. Explain why you think these activities would be part of the companyÂs activity based budget.
Appendix D
1.Based on publicly available information for your company, can you discern what the cost drivers are for your company? If you can, what are they? If not, what cost drivers do you believe are relevant for your company?
2.Why do you consider them cost drivers?
3.Based on your companyÂs publicly available financial information and other publicly available information about your companyÂs operations, determine what sort of indirect costs your organization has and why.
Attachments:
acc227_appendix_c[1].doc (35K)
acc227_appendix_d[1].doc (36K)
