USCPA考試中，BEC的writing雖然不難，但是卻難拿高分。高頓網(wǎng)校USCPA小編整理了一些例題，供廣大考生參考。　　The controller of Tennyson, Inc., Howard Lester, is concerned that the company's costing system is not providing good information about product costs.As a result, he fears that the company is not making good sales or production decisions.Currently, the company uses a simple job order costing system and allocates service costs on the direct method.Prepare a memorandum to Mr. Lester describing the importance of having good cost information and ways in which the existing system may be improved.
　　REMINDER:Your response will be graded for both technical content and writing skills.Technical content will be *uated for information that is helpful to the intended reader and clearly relevant to the issue.Writing skills will be *uated for development, organization, and the appropriate * of ideas in professional correspondence.Use a standard business memo or letter format with a clear beginning, middle, and end.Do not convey information in the form of a table, bullet point list, or other abbreviated presentation.
　　To:Mr. Howard Lester, Controller
　　Tennyson, Inc.
　　From:CPA Candidate
　　解析：
　　At your request, this memorandum provides information about the importance of a good cost system and the manner in which Tennyson's system may be improved.
　　It is essential that a company's cost system reflect accurately the costs of production.Product cost information is a very important input into a number of business decisions, including those involving product pricing, inventory levels, and allocation of productive resources.Historically, the company has allocated service department costs on the direct method.This method simply allocates the costs of each service department to production departments based on the relative level of use.The direct method can result in inaccurate costing when service departments provide significant amounts of services to other service departments.
　　Two methods of cost allocation are superior to the direct method: the step method and the reciprocal method.The step method allocates service department costs to other service departments as well as the production departments, starting with the service departments that provide the most services to other service departments.The reciprocal method uses simultaneous equations to allocate costs to production departments, resulting in the most accurate allocation of costs when service departments provide services to other service departments.
　　Because of the importance of developing accurate cost information, I encourage you to *uate your current system of costing.As described, the step and the reciprocal methods of allocation of service department costs are superior to the direct method which is currently being used by the firm.
　　Keywords: cost, system, production, pricing, inventory, resources, direct, department, step, reciprocal, allocation