Accounting Cheat Sheet
Accounting Cheat Sheet
Product cost: Manufacturing cost includes direct material and labor + manufacturing overhead
(indirect material + labor +other cost)
Period cost: Classifications of nonmanufacturing costs: selling and administration.
Cost behavior refers to how a cost will react to changes in the level of activity (x). The most common
classifications are:
▫ Variable costs – change with activity. b Y = a + bX. Variable per unit is
constant
▫ Fixed costs – do not change with activity. a
▫ Mixed costs – a combination of variable and fixed costs. Y
contribution approach separates costs into fixed and variable categories. Sales Variable costs =
Contribution margin. Contribution margin Fixed costs = Net operating income.
Raw material= beginning inventory + Purchase raw material – ending inventory (we need to
subtract the indirect material from this)
Total manufacturing cost= direct material + direct labor+ manufacturing overhead
Cost of manufacturing= beginning inventory work in process + total manufacturing cost –
ending inventory work in process
Cost of goods sold= beginning inventory of finished sold + cost of manufacturing – ending
inventory of finished good.
PDOR= manufacturing overhead/ allocation base
Applied = PDOR * actual allocation base
Under/over applied= actual – applied