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There are many different costs (each cost is recorded in a different account) which are essentially classified according

to their similar characteristics. Here we will be focusing only on seven of such CLASSIFICATIONS:

BY NATURE or ELEMENT BY BEHAVIOR BY FUNCTION BY PLANNING &


• Direct material cost • Variable cost • Product cost CONTROL
• Direct labor cost • Fixed cost • Period cost • Budgeted cost
• Overhead cost • Mixed cost • Standard cost
• Overhead cost

BY TRACEABILITY BY CONTROLLABILITY BY NORMALITY


• Direct cost • Controllable cost • Normal cost
• Indirect cost • Uncontrollable cost • Abnormal cost




In a manufacturing operation, the FLOW OF COSTS is summarized as follows:

Balance Sheet Income Statement


(Inventories) (Expenses)
Materials Purchases Raw Materials
Product
Costs Direct Labor Work in Process

Factory overhead Finished Goods Cost of Goods Sold

Period Selling, General and


Costs Administrative Expenses Operating Expenses

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