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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TERM PAPER STANDARD COSTING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING & CONTROL SYSTEM Srinidhi Rangarajan 1PB11MBA34 3rd SEM M.B.A PESIT ABSTRACT In recent years‚ numerous tools such as activity-based costing‚ the balanced score card and target costing have gained prominence in the business community. Nonetheless‚ traditional management accounting continues to be prevalent in practice. One example is standard costing‚ which has been used on a wide front during
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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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Introduction of Standard costing 2. : CIMA { } 3. : Advantages of Standard costing 4. : Limitation of standard costing 5. : Types of standard costing 6. : Examples of standard costing 7. : Variance analysis 8. : Types of analysis 9. : Refferences 10. : Conclusion Standard Costing and Variance Analysis Introduction MEANING OF STANDARD COST AND STANDARD COSTING Standard Cost The
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they do not make a difference between those costs that are fixed‚ and those that are variable. As a result‚ management became obligated to rely on the alternative variable costing method which provides better information for managerial accounting purposes. Although it is not allowed for external reporting‚ the variable costing method is preferred by managers because it generates great tools for internal decision making purposes CITATION Nat76 \l 1033 (Accountants‚ 1976). Introduction Accounting
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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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Karl Benz‚ the Inventor of the Automobile Imagine a world without cars. The world would be rather harsh and difficult without them. However‚ there is controversy surrounding the true inventor of the automobile. Some people believe that the real inventor was Henry Ford‚ and others believe it was Richard Dudgeon‚ but the actual inventor of the automobile was Karl Benz. Although most people believe that Henry Ford invented the automobile‚ he did not. In fact‚ he was not even the first person to build
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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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Absorption Costing -Overview 1. Overview of Absorption costing and Variable Costing 2. Review how costs for Manufacturing are transferred to the product 3. Job Order Vs. Process Costing 4. Overhead Application -Under applied Overhead -Over applied overhead 5. Problems with Absorption Costing 6. Concluding Comments Absorption Costing The focus of this class is on how to allocate manufacturing costs to the product. -Direct Materials -Direct Labor -Overhead Absorption
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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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