Sir, but we can also publish external report using Internal Information on improving our Environmental issues for the boost of sales & marketing which might lead to attractive customer awareness & charging a premium price, right? This question no 3 kinda contradicts the concept I guess! ??
its because one of the categories in flow cost accounting is “delivery and DISPOSAL”, therefore it does take into account the dismantling of machines at the end of the project since thats considered a disposal.
I can only see the answer below and there is no explanation of why the flow cost accounting technique is the relevant method. yet, the life cycle costing is also taking cost of disposal of waste into account when calculating the environmental cost.
Moffat can you please provide some explanation about the difference between the lifecycle costing and flow cost accounting ?
This is just my understanding. When I look back to the textbook, it described the main purpose of flow cost is to reduce the negative production portion and increase positive product portion. While the life-cycle took all the cost as a whole to consider when often in the preliminary project stage. So given the question to compute dismantle machine only at the end of project, the organization is more likely to apply the flow cost methods. Hope this helps!
Please explain the answer for question (3). My answer is Lif cycle costing.So, i don’t quite understand why the correct answer is flow cost accounting.
In my opinion, answer to the question “which accounting technique is relevant when considering cist of dismantling the machines at the end of project” is life cycle costing whereas given answer is flow cost accounting. Kindly explain.
hermela says
hello is the use of environmental accounting for internal users?? i thought it is for also externals.
John Moffat says
It is only the company internally that can measure the costs involved.
kvz911 says
Sir, but we can also publish external report using Internal Information on improving our Environmental issues for the boost of sales & marketing which might lead to attractive customer awareness & charging a premium price, right? This question no 3 kinda contradicts the concept I guess! ??
John Moffat says
The company might produce extracts from it, but they are very unlikely to publish the entire report which is prepared for management.
alie2018 says
Thanks for this one but I wonder why the correct answer is Flow Cost Accounting.
emma28 says
I wonder that too…
zukojar says
its because one of the categories in flow cost accounting is “delivery and DISPOSAL”, therefore it does take into account the dismantling of machines at the end of the project since thats considered a disposal.
maddie20 says
Thank you!
nomanashraf997@gmail.com says
me too
saanikah says
Sir, in the online mock exams on open tuition,
the answer for the cost of dismantling machines at the end of a project Is given as lifecycle costing.
So incase it comes in the exam, which is the answer that I should be choosing, flow cost accounting or lifecycle costing?
abhishekbakshi says
Sir could you please explain why Q3 is flow cost and not life cycle. I’m not able to find any answers in the comments
John Moffat says
To be honest this is a poor question as it stands (and BPP no longer include it in their revision kit), and I will have it changed.
However, although life-cycle costing will attempt to include the costs of dismantling, it is flow-cost accounting that will specifically consider it.
abhishekbakshi says
okay thank you 馃檪
John Moffat says
You are welcome 馃檪
op1991 says
Sir in BPP Revision kit the same MCQ answered is Lifecycle costing and not Flow cost accounting. Reference (Q1:1.8).
John Moffat says
See Shirley’s answer below 馃檪
op1991 says
Got it 馃檪
John Moffat says
Great 馃檪
tanyanti says
Hi Moffat,
I can only see the answer below and there is no explanation of why the flow cost accounting technique is the relevant method. yet, the life cycle costing is also taking cost of disposal of waste into account when calculating the environmental cost.
Moffat can you please provide some explanation about the difference between the lifecycle costing and flow cost accounting ?
pejz says
i would have to agree that the answer for number 3 should be life cycle costing
John Moffat says
No – the answer is flow cost accounting.
See Shirley’s explanation below.
yateendralal says
May u plz explain why it is “Flow cost” and not “Life Cycle” tks
John Moffat says
I don’t know which of the questions you are asking about.
heyhey1128 says
This is just my understanding. When I look back to the textbook, it described the main purpose of flow cost is to reduce the negative production portion and increase positive product portion. While the life-cycle took all the cost as a whole to consider when often in the preliminary project stage. So given the question to compute dismantle machine only at the end of project, the organization is more likely to apply the flow cost methods. Hope this helps!
poezarphyu says
Please explain the answer for question (3).
My answer is Lif cycle costing.So, i don’t quite understand why the correct answer is flow cost accounting.
Khuram says
In my opinion, answer to the question “which accounting technique is relevant when considering cist of dismantling the machines at the end of project” is life cycle costing whereas given answer is flow cost accounting. Kindly explain.