One Possible Means of Determining the Difference Between Operating Incomes

question 2

Multiple Choice

One possible means of determining the difference between operating incomes for absorption costing and variable costing is by ________.

• A) subtracting sales of the previous period from sales of this period
• B) subtracting fixed manufacturing overhead in beginning inventory from fixed manufacturing overhead in ending inventory
• C) multiplying the number of units produced by the budgeted fixed manufacturing cost rate
• D) adding fixed manufacturing costs to the production-volume variance

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Definitions:

Outstanding Checks

Checks that have been written and recorded in the payer's account but not yet cashed or processed by the recipient.

Adjusting Entries

Entries recorded in the journals at the close of an accounting period to distribute income and expenditures to the period they actually took place.

Bank Reconciliation

Bank reconciliation is the process of matching the balances in an entity's accounting records for a cash account to the corresponding information on a bank statement.

NSF Check

A check that is not honored by a bank due to insufficient funds in the account of the person who wrote it; also known as a bounced check.