COST CONCEPTS AND COST ACCOUNTING By: Aman Jawahar Sarika Deepak Muneer CONTENTS Concept of Cost Cost Accounting Terms in Cost Accounting Elements of Cost Meaning of Overheads Classification of Costs Methods of Costing Types of Costing MEANING: Cost Concept: The term ‘cost’ means the amount of expenses [actual or notional] incurred on or attributable to specified thing or activity. Cost means ‘the price paid for something’. Cost Accounting: Cost Accounting is concerned with recording
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Labor rate variance is the difference between the actual labor rate and the applied overhead rate (standard rate multiplied by the number of actual hours worked). Consider this and respond to the following: • "Our workers are all under labor contracts. Therefore‚ our labor rate variance is bound to be zero." Do you agree or disagree that the labor rate variance will be zero if all workers are under labor contracts? Explain giving reasons. The concept of labor rate variance and its application
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Cost accounting 4-37 General ledger relationships‚ under- and overallocation. The solution assumes all materials used are direct materials. A summary of the T-accounts for Needham Company before adjusting for under- or overallocation of overhead follows: Direct Materials Control Work-in-Process Control 1-1-2008 30‚000 Purchases 400‚000 Material used for manufacturing 380‚000 1-1-2008 20‚000 Direct materials 380‚000 Transferred to finished goods 940‚000 12-31-2008 50‚000 Direct manuf.
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Product cost is the cost of direct labor‚ direct materials‚ and manufacturing overhead that are consumed to create a product. Product cost can also be considered the cost of the labor required to deliver a service to a customer. Direct Material Cost Definition: Direct material cost is the cost of materials used to manufacture a product or provide a service. Direct Labor Definition: Direct labor is production or services labor that is assigned to a specific product‚ cost center‚ or work order
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100 Costs term 1. Absorption costing is a costing method that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials‚ direct labor‚ and both variable and fixed overhead - as part of the cost of a finished unit of product. 2. Administrative costs are all executive‚ organizational‚ and clerical costs associated with the general management of an organization rather than with manufacturing‚ marketing‚ or selling. 3. Allocation base is a measure of activity such as direct labor-hours or machine-hours
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in countries around the world but the stage we have reached with it here is preposterous. As a mother with a child working in one of these disgusting factories‚ there are many issues to be raised of the treatment of this country’s children. The main issues arise in regards to the fact that these jobs that children as young as three have to work‚ have unnecessarily long hours and pose great risk for these children and all for little pay. This combined with the unfortunate fact that in most families
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40. RQ4. 1 Identify the major purposes of product costing. For each purpose discuss whether information about current or future product costs is required. What implication does your answer have for developing a product costing system? L-S‚ T & H‚ page 131. Purpose Current / Future Product Costs Short-term decisions: product mix‚ pricing Future Longer-term strategic decisions Future Long-term pricing Future Plan future product-related costs Future Control of product costs Current
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1. Determination of per Unit Total Costs. The estimated unit costs for Hoteling Industries‚ when operating at a production and sales level of 10‚000 units‚ are as follows: Cost Item Estimated Unit Cost Direct materials $15 Direct labor 10 Variable factory overhead 8 Fixed factory overhead 5 Variable marketing 4 Fixed marketing 3 Required: (1) Identify the estimated conversion cost per unit. (2) Identify the estimated prime cost per unit. (3) Determine the estimated total variable cost per
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PRINCIPLES OF COST CONTROL 1.1 Introduction Cost is important to all industry. Costs can be divided into two general classes; absolute costs and relative costs. Absolute cost measures the loss in value of assets. Relative cost involves a comparison between the chosen course of action and the course of action that was rejected. This cost of the alternative action - the action not taken - is often called the "opportunity cost". The accountant is primarily concerned with the absolute cost. However‚
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Business On The Honour System (essay based on the article of Rebeca Dube "Coffie Cookies But No Cashier") 658 words We can’t live without trust. Usually‚ we trust only people we know or live with. Sometimes‚ we can’t trust even them. But what about trusting a stranger ? Rebecca Dube‚ in her article “Coffee‚ Cookies but no Cashier” describes a business which is founded on the statement that all people are basically good. This article shows us that it is quite possible to build a business
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