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  2. Cost accounting - Wikipedia

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    An important part of standard cost accounting is a variance analysis, which breaks down the variation between actual cost and standard costs into various components (volume variation, material cost variation, labor cost variation, etc.) so managers can understand why costs were different from what was planned and take appropriate action to ...

  3. Percentage-of-completion method - Wikipedia

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    The accounting for long term contracts using the percentage of completion method is an exception to the basic realization principle. This method is used wherein the revenues are determined based on the costs incurred so far. The percentage of completion method is used when: Collections are assured; The accounting system can: Estimate profitability

  4. Student financial aid in the United States - Wikipedia

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    To apply for federal financial aid, students must first complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid . The financial aid process has been criticized for its part in enrollment management, whereby students are awarded money not based on merit or need, but on the maximum the student families will pay. [1]

  5. Grant management software - Wikipedia

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    Grant management software is a program or application that helps non-profits administer the grant process. Some software is designed to help foundations (known as "grantmakers") to organize, prioritize, and process the grant applications they receive from charities (known as "grantseekers"), as well as simplify oversight of the grants they make.

  6. Standard cost accounting - Wikipedia

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    An important part of standard cost accounting is a variance analysis, which breaks down the variation between actual cost and standard costs into various components (volume variation, material cost variation, labor cost variation, etc.) so managers can understand why costs were different from what was planned and take appropriate action to ...

  7. Activity-based costing - Wikipedia

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    The prerequisite for lesser cost in performing ABC is automating the data capture with an accounting extension that leads to the desired ABC model. Known approaches for event based accounting simply show the method for automation. Any transition of a current process from one stage to the next may be detected as a relevant event.

  8. Cost Accounting Standards - Wikipedia

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    Cost Accounting Standards (popularly known as CAS) are a set of 19 standards and rules promulgated by the United States Government for use in determining costs on negotiated procurements. CAS differs from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in that FAR applies to substantially all contractors, whereas CAS applied primarily to the larger ones.

  9. National Science & Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant

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    The grant awards a maximum of $4,000 a year. The amount of the SMART Grant, when combined with a Pell Grant, may not exceed the student's cost of attendance. In addition, if the number of eligible students is large enough that payment of the full grant amounts would exceed the program appropriation in any fiscal year, then the amount of the ...