METHODS OF COST ACCOUNTING INTRODUCTION The Meaning of Cost Cost is a measure of the sacrifice or forgoing of a scarce resource to achieve a specific objective. An organization sacrifices scarce resources‚ i.e. the purchase cost‚ in order to obtain other resources. A cost is usually measured in terms of money paid to acquire goods or services. One can observe that the term cost is rarely used without an adjective in front of it. The term ‘Cost’ has multiple meanings and different types of costs
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CAC ASSIGNMENT Milan Dave A-14 Submitted to: Prof. Parag Soni KAIZEN COSTING: DEFINITION: * Kaizen Costing is the process of continuously reducing the costs that occur after a product design has been completed and is now in production. * Here‚ the costs can be reduced by working with the suppliers to reduce the costs in their processes; by implementing less costly re-designs of the product‚ or by reducing waste costs i.e. the costs behind the wastage of time‚ raw material and the
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Absorption Costing Absorption costing is a method of costing that assigns a small percentage of production and overheads costs to the price of each product that is going to be sold. It accounts for all costs‚ direct and indirect‚ fixed and variable. For example; if 1000 products are made and the total costs are £10000 then each product would cost £10 before making a profit (10000/1000=10). Variable costs are costs that can be controlled by management or a sales worker. Whereas fixed costs are
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Process costing Process costing is a system which mostly practices by a company whereby the manager of the company wants to know the cash flow from one department to another. Process costing give a clarify information to managers‚ therefore this activities is very important. Process costing is consisting of three ingredients which are direct materials‚ direct labor and manufacturing overhead. Direct material is the raw material which needs to produce a product‚ for example rubber for shoes‚
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I. Discuss Process Costing‚ clearly bringing out its advantages and disadvantages. DEFINITION Costs are accumulated in costing systems. According to Glautier and Underdown (2001)‚ the development of costing systems reflects the manner in which accounting methods have been adapted to the needs of different forms of activity and technology‚ and also to the appearance of advanced manufacturing techniques that have been a feature of recent years. Cost accounting systems allow full product costs to
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JOB COSTING JOB COSTING Cost object is a unit or multiple units of a distinct product or service called a job. Product or service is A single unit such as: 1.Specialised machine done at Hitachi. 2.A construction project managed by L & T. 3.Advertising campaign produced by Saatchi and Saatchi. Multiple identical unit such as: 1.Agni missile for Ministry of Defense manufactured by HAL. JOB COSTING SERVICE SECTOR JOB COSTING MERCHANDISING SECTOR - Audit engagements done - Special promotion of
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Differential Costing Introduction Costs are an important feature of many business decisions. In making decisions‚ it is essential to have a firm grasp of the concepts differential cost. Decisions involve choosing between alternatives. In business decisions‚ each alternative will have costs and benefits that must be compared to the costs and benefits of the other available alternatives. A difference in costs between any two alternatives is known as a differential cost. A difference in revenues
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Marginal and absorption costing Topic list 1 Marginal cost and marginal costing 2 The principles of marginal costing 3 Marginal costing and absorption costing and the calculation of profit 4 Reconciling profits 5 Marginal costing versus absorption costing Syllabus reference D4 (a) D4 (a) D4 (b)‚ (c) D4 (d) D4 (e) Introduction This chapter defines marginal costing and compares it with absorption costing. Whereas absorption costing recognises fixed costs (usually fixed production costs) as
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Normal costing is used to value manufactured products with the actual materials costs‚ the actual direct labor costs‚ and manufacturing overhead based on a predetermined manufacturing overhead rate. These three costs are referred to as product costs and are used for the cost of goods sold and for inventory valuation. Standard costing values its manufactured products with a predetermined materials cost‚ a predetermined direct labor cost‚ and a predetermined manufacturing overhead cost. These standard
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EXERCISE 3–1: Process Costing and Job-Order Costing [LO1] Which method of determining product costs‚ job-order costing or process costing‚ would be more appropriate in each of the following situations? * a. An Elmer’s glue factory. * b. A textbook publisher such as McGraw-Hill. * c. An Exxon oil refinery. * d. A facility that makes Minute Maid frozen orange juice. * e. A Scott paper mill. * f. A custom home builder. * g. A shop that customizes vans. * h. A
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