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Managerial Accounting

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Recommended next
Sales & Production Budgets
Budgeting and Planning · Master Budget Components
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
17 categories
Problem-Solving & Managerial Reasoning
10%
Capital Budgeting
10%
Costing Approaches
10%
Relevant Costs and Special Decisions
10%
Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis · CVP Relationships
8%
Performance Measurement and Control · Responsibility Accounting
8%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of managerial accounting — drill into a card to work its skills.

Budgeting and Planning · Master Budget Components

5 core skills5% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Sales & Production BudgetsRecommended
10 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Selling & Administrative BudgetsAvailable
20 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Cash BudgetsAvailable
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4
Budgeted Financial StatementsAvailable
17 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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5
Operating BudgetsAvailable
17 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Budgeting and Planning · Flexible Budgets and Variances

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Interpreting VariancesAvailable
18 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Flexible BudgetsAvailable
22 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Spending & Efficiency VariancesAvailable
20 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Problem-Solving & Managerial Reasoning

4 core skills10% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Choosing Costing MethodsAvailable
10 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Common Managerial Accounting PitfallsAvailable
10 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Setting Up Multi-Step ProblemsAvailable
28 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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4
Checking ReasonablenessAvailable
28 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Capital Budgeting

4 core skills10% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Payback & Accounting Rate of ReturnAvailable
6 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Net Present Value (NPV)Available
19 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Comparing Capital ProjectsAvailable
25 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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4
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)Available
29 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Costing Approaches

3 core skills10% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Variable vs. Absorption Costing IncomeAvailable
6 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Fixed Overhead in InventoryAvailable
26 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Reconciling Variable & Absorption CostingAvailable
22 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis · CVP Relationships

4 core skills8% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Target Profit AnalysisAvailable
23 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Margin of Safety & Operating LeverageAvailable
19 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
CVP Sensitivity AnalysisAvailable
21 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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4
Break-Even PointAvailable
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Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis · Multi-Product CVP

2 core skills2% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Break-Even with Sales MixAvailable
0 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Weighted-Average Contribution MarginAvailable
24 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Managerial Accounting Foundations · Cost Estimation

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
High-Low MethodAvailable
12 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Cost Drivers & Activity BasesAvailable
5 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Scatterplots for Cost EstimationAvailable
29 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Managerial Accounting Foundations · Cost Concepts and Behavior

5 core skills7% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Direct vs. Indirect CostsAvailable
28 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Contribution MarginAvailable
24 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Product vs. Period CostsAvailable
29 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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4
Relevant Range & Step CostsAvailable
9 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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5
Variable, Fixed & Mixed CostsAvailable
23 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Standard Costs and Variance Analysis · Material and Labor Variances

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Favorable vs. Unfavorable VariancesAvailable
27 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Direct Labor VariancesAvailable
17 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Direct Materials VariancesAvailable
23 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Standard Costs and Variance Analysis · Overhead Variances

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Interpreting Overhead VariancesAvailable
29 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Variable Overhead VariancesAvailable
3 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
Long-form lessonSlide-style lessonFlashcards — not available yetPractice problems
3
Fixed Overhead VariancesAvailable
6 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Costing Systems · Process Costing

4 core skills3% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Reconciling Physical & Cost FlowAvailable
14 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Process Costing: Cost AssignmentAvailable
0 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Costs per Equivalent UnitAvailable
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4
Equivalent Units of ProductionAvailable
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Costing Systems · Job Order Costing

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Cost of Goods Manufactured & SoldAvailable
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2
Job Order Cost FlowsAvailable
23 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Job CostingAvailable
4 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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4
Predetermined Overhead RateAvailable
22 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Costing Systems · Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
ABC vs. Traditional CostingAvailable
7 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Activity Rates & Cost AllocationAvailable
17 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Activity-Based Costing (ABC)Available
21 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Relevant Costs and Special Decisions

5 core skills10% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Keep or Drop DecisionsAvailable
2 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Relevant vs. Sunk CostsAvailable
27 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Constraints & Product MixAvailable
6 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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4
Special Order DecisionsAvailable
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5
Make or Buy DecisionsAvailable
3 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Performance Measurement and Control · Performance Metrics

3 core skills2% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Nonfinancial Performance MeasuresAvailable
7 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Balanced ScorecardAvailable
10 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
ROI & Residual IncomeAvailable
3 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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Performance Measurement and Control · Responsibility Accounting

3 core skills8% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Controllable vs. Noncontrollable CostsAvailable
10 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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2
Responsibility CentersAvailable
26 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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3
Transfer PricingAvailable
27 questions 0 flashcards Lesson available
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