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COSTS:
* Cost accounting is a technique used in companies, stores or other
branches to collect, record and report information related to costs,
with said information, decide in an optimal and appropriate way
related to planning and control.
Cost accounting has a managerial approach since it provides basic
information to company managers in order to properly plan and control it, as well
as for the costing of its products and services.
The main objectives of cost accounting are:
Evaluate the efficiency in terms of the use of material, financial and workforce
resources, which are used in the activity.
Serve as a basis for determining the prices of products or
services.
Facilitate the assessment of possible decisions to be made, which allow the
selection of that variant, which provides the greatest benefit with the minimum of
expenses.
Classify expenses according to their nature and origin.
Analyze expenses and their behavior, with respect to the standards established
for the production in question.
Analyze the possibility of reducing expenses.
Analyze the costs of each structural subdivision of the company, based on the
expense budgets that are prepared for it.
Evaluate the efficiency in terms of the use of material, financial and workforce
resources, which are used in the activity.
Serve as a basis for determining the prices of products or services.
Facilitate the assessment of possible decisions to be taken, which allow the
selection of that variant, which provides the greatest benefit with the minimum of
expenses.
Classify expenses according to their nature and origin.
Analyze expenses and their behavior, with respect to the standards established for
the production in question.
Analyze the possibility of reducing expenses.
Analyze the costs of each structural subdivision of the company, based on the
expense budgets that are prepared for it.