Identify the Components of an Accounting Information System

question 57

Essay

Identify the components of an accounting information system.

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Definitions:

Process Costing

A costing method used where identical or similar items are produced in masses.

FIFO Method

An inventory valuation method where the first items produced or purchased are the first ones to be sold.

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to calculate the cost of partially finished goods, converting them into an equivalent number of fully finished units.

FIFO Method

A inventory valuation method where the first items produced or acquired are sold or used first.