Cost Accounting Cost accounting is a step further to and a refinement of financial accounting in which cost of manufacturing and selling each product or job or rendering service is determined‚ not at the time of accounting period but at the time when the product is manufactured or any service is rendered. In simple words‚ costing is a systematic procedure for determining the unit cost of output produced or services rendered. It provides for an analysis of the expenditure which enables the management to
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The costs for services that are provided in each department of a medical facility must be analyzed and allocated. These costs are indirect and are usually allocated by using two common methods known as the direct method and step-down method. The direct method is used “ to allocate costs from the general services departments to each patient service department in one step” (Smith‚ 2014). The direct method calls for financial accounting to document the immediate movable expenses that is in each
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Cost Accounting Role Cost accounting is valuable to an organization if it significantly improves the decision making process within the organization by providing accurate and timely input regarding the cost behavior in organizations. Generally based on standard accounting practices‚ cost accounting is one of the tools that managers utilize to determine what type and how much expenses is involved with maintaining the current business model. At the same time‚ the principles of cost accounting
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Allocate joint product costs according to the benefits-received approaches and the relative market value approaches. 3. Describe methods of accounting for by-products. 4. Explain why joint cost allocations may be misleading in management decision making. 5. Discuss why joint production is seldom found in service industries. This chapter describes the joint production processes and their outputs—joint products and by-products. Several methods are developed to allocate joint costs to joint products
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ADVANTAGES OF COST ACCOUNTING 1. Fixation of responsibility: Whenever a cost center is established‚ it implies establishing a kind of relationship between superior and subordinates. Thus responsibilities are fixed on every individual who is concerned with incurrence of cost. 2. Measures economic performance: By applying cost control techniques such as budgetary control and standard costing it helps in assisting the performance of business. 3. Fixation of price: By providing cost data it
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Prison‚ non-custodial sentences and rehabilitation seem all failed in reducing recidivism; however‚ there is little and limited evidence to support non-custodial sentences‚ as well as some people think if rehabilitation could be implemented effectively‚ it would work. Although the advantage of prison is keeping our society from dangerous people‚ when it comes to reducing recidivism rate‚ the effect of prison is disappointing. The public usually think that imprisonment is safer for communities;
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Methods of Cost Variability The Methods * The Comparison Method * High and Low Point or Range Method * The Equation Method * The Average Method * The Graphic Method (Scatter diagram) * The Method of Least Squares * The Analytical Method or Degree of Variability Method Illustration From the following month-wise information in respect of semi-variable costs of a firm‚ segregate the cost into fixed and variable elements: Months2009 | Production (Units) | Semi Variable
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Purchase Method of Accounting All business combinations must be accounted for by applying the purchase method. This involves 3 key steps: a) Identifying an acquirer‚ b) Measuring the cost of the business combinations and c) Allocating the cost of the business combination to the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired. a) Identifying the Acquirer The acquirer should be identified for all business combinations‚ The acquirer is the entity which obtains controls over the other entity‚ There
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LABOUR COST ACCOUNTING. It is concerned with identifying the amount of labour costs to be changed to jobs and overhead accounts. Where a manufacturing organization operates a job costing system‚ information on the labour costs should be properly captured from the following documents:- i) Job Cards: This is open for each job‚ when the job is started‚ the time of starting is entered on the job card and when it is completed‚ the completion time is also entered. The difference between the two
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Full Cost Accounting What is full cost accounting? What are the advantages and disadvantages of full cost accounting? Full cost accounting is defined as being the practice of collecting and presenting all of the costs that are connected with the production of a product or a service. Some of these costs can be described as direct‚ indirect‚ and variable costs‚ though they may vary by business. Full cost accounting has several advantages when used appropriately. It can lead to better and
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