MARGINAL COSTING [pic] SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Shashi Srivastav ABHISHEK KUMAR RAI
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MARGINAL COSTING Introduction This paper explores the use of cost accounting information for decision-making purposes. DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS Marginal cost: This is the cost of a unit of a product or service‚ which would be avoided if that unit or service was not produced or provided Break-even point: This is the volume of sales where there is neither profit nor loss. 1 9 6 COST ACCOUNTING S T U D Y T E X T Margin of safety: This is the excess of sales over the break-even volume in
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Marginal Costing vs Absorption Costing Marginal Costing and Absorption Costing are methods which are often used to prepare profit statements‚ value inventory and assist in pricing decisions. The methods have some notable differences‚ which can be reconciled though. Absorption Costing absorbs all manufacturing/production costs into inventory valuation. These costs include direct material‚ direct labour‚ direct expenses‚variable production overheads‚ as well as fixed production overheads. On the
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Contract closing a method of costing large projects‚ where the contracted work will run over several accounting periods Every organisation will have its own costing system with characteristics which are unique to that particular system. However‚ although each system might be different‚ the basic costing method used by the organisation is likely to depend on the type of activity that the organisation is engaged in. The costing system would have the same basic characteristics as the systems
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Uniform Costing and Inter Firm Comparison UNIFORM COSTING Uniform Costing is not a distinct method of costing. In fact‚ when several undertakings start using the same costing principles and/or practices they are said to be following uniform costing. The basic idea behind uniform costing is that the different concerns in an industry should adopt a common method of costing and apply uniformly the same principles and techniques for better cost comparison and common good. The principles and methods
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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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ARBSORPTION COSTING STATEMENT DETAILS COST PER SYSTEM Systems Mist cooling Water mist OAR $1500/hrs Variable cost $ 1 450‚00 $ 1 254‚00 Fixed Overhead cost $ 4 500‚00 $ 5 400‚00 Total unit cost $ 5 950‚00 $ 6 654‚00 Traditional Absorption Costing Income Statement
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Topic: Product costing Ningbo lecturer: Ms. Huang HuiQin – E: huanghuiqin@nbu.edu.cn – P: 86-574-87600960 Student: Lê Uyên Phương (Phoebe) – E: leuyenphuongvn@yahoo.com – P: 86-15 757 829 310 Student ID: 1211125031 NBU Intake 12‚ 2012 Required: Examine the literature to identify the different perspectives on how a product’s cost may be formulated. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches to product costing that have been proposed
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each classification has its own importance. Many costing techniques evolved in due course of time to ascertain the costs of above elements and to facilitate the control of the cost of the product. The main costing techniques that evolved include Absorption Cost Technique‚ Marginal Cost Technique and recently developed Activity Based Costing Technique. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the Absorption Cost Technique and Activity Based Costing Technique and to highlight their basic differences
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Marginal Costing Marginal cost is the increase in the total cost when the total quantity produced increases by one unit. That is‚ it is the cost of producing one more unit of a good. Generally‚ marginal cost at each level of production is the additional costs required to produce the next unit. For example‚ if producing additional computers requires building a new factory‚ the marginal cost of the extra computers includes the cost of the new factory. In practice‚ this analysis is divided into
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