Accounting for Managers
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Accounting for Managers
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Accounting 6 Webster06.qxd 8/29/2003 5:48 PM Page 102 Copyright 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use. Management Cost Accounting 103 How inventory and overhead are tracked and recorded has an impact on both the income statement and the balance sheet. When factors like net income or return on invest- ment serve as compensa- tion criteria, managers will strive to push those numbers into the bonus range. For example, many managers get performance bonuses if they meet certain net income targets. Since inventory is valued on the balance sheet as an asset and is not reported as an expense on the income statement until it is sold, keeping inventory at a high level can increase net income. Bonus time! Your cost accounting approach to inventory and overhead will vary depending on whether you make or provide a product or a service. Added considerations include the performance metrics standards managers must meet. Generally, multiple per- formance standards reflect performance better than a single Overhead The costs of doing business other than direct materials and direct labor. Overhead includes rent, insur- ance, heat, light, supervision costs, facilities maintenance, and indirect materials and indirect labor. Multiple Meanings Confuse “Burden” is the term sometimes used interchangeably with “overhead” and sometimes in place of it. More often, you will find it referring to a specific set of costs that may include both fixed and variable costs—“What is your labor burden, your inventory burden, etc.?” As with many accounting terms, these multiple meanings can cause confusion unless you pin down the references.The culture of one com- pany may refer to the payroll burden as the total payroll cost, while another may mean only the direct manufacturing labor cost. Add to this confusion the effects of globalization. Increasingly, British or other national accounting terms pop up in reports and papers with no con- text, particularly in manufacturing companies with global operations. You cannot take for granted that everyone at the table sees the ele- phant in the same way. As a manager, one of your tasks is to bring clar- ity to communication. Having everyone understand the same meaning is a good start. Webster06.qxd 8/29/2003 5:48 PM Page 103 |
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