This document outlines the chapter topics for a textbook on cost accounting. Chapter 3 discusses job order costing systems and the allocation of overhead costs. Chapter 4 covers variable and absorption costing and their impact on performance measures and inventory valuation. Chapter 5 addresses spoilage, rework, and scrap in process and job costing environments. Chapter 6 reviews purposes of cost allocation and different allocation methods. Chapter 7 examines joint and by-product cost allocation and the relevance of joint costs for decision making. Contact information is provided for Africa Beza College locations in Addis Ababa, Nekemte, Shashemene, Awassa, and Dilla.
This document outlines the chapter topics for a textbook on cost accounting. Chapter 3 discusses job order costing systems and the allocation of overhead costs. Chapter 4 covers variable and absorption costing and their impact on performance measures and inventory valuation. Chapter 5 addresses spoilage, rework, and scrap in process and job costing environments. Chapter 6 reviews purposes of cost allocation and different allocation methods. Chapter 7 examines joint and by-product cost allocation and the relevance of joint costs for decision making. Contact information is provided for Africa Beza College locations in Addis Ababa, Nekemte, Shashemene, Awassa, and Dilla.
This document outlines the chapter topics for a textbook on cost accounting. Chapter 3 discusses job order costing systems and the allocation of overhead costs. Chapter 4 covers variable and absorption costing and their impact on performance measures and inventory valuation. Chapter 5 addresses spoilage, rework, and scrap in process and job costing environments. Chapter 6 reviews purposes of cost allocation and different allocation methods. Chapter 7 examines joint and by-product cost allocation and the relevance of joint costs for decision making. Contact information is provided for Africa Beza College locations in Addis Ababa, Nekemte, Shashemene, Awassa, and Dilla.
3.3. Job order costing illustration 3.4. Process costing system-basics 3.5. Problems of overhead allocation 3.6. Operation costing
Chapter IV: Variable and Absorption Costing
4.1. Variable us absorption costing 4.2. Fixed overhead and absorption cost of product 4.3. Explaining differences in operating income 4.4. Performance measures and absorption costing 4.5. Denominator-level capacity concepts and fixed cost capacity analysis 4.6. Adjusting inventories for external reporting
Chapter V: Spoilage, Rework and Scrap
5.1. Terminology and types of spoilage 5.2. Process costing and spoilage 5.3. Job costing and spoilage 5.4. Rework 5.5. Accounting for scrap
Chapter VI: Cost Allocation
6.1. Purposes of cost allocation 6.2. Critical to guide cost allocation decisions 6.3. Cost allocation for economic decisional and motivations 6.4. Cost allocation methods 6.5. The contribution approach to cost allocation
Chapter VII: Cost Allocation: Joint Products and by Products
7.1. Joint-cost basics 7.2. Approaches to allocating joint costs 7.3. Irrelevance of Joint costs for decision making 7.4. Accounting for by products