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MEANING
• Cost Accounting is accounting for costs.
Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of
India, defines cost as “measurement, in
monetary terms, of the amount of resources
used for the purpose of production of goods
or rendering services”.
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DEFINITION
• According to CIMA, London, Cost
Accountancy is- “the application of costing
and cost accounting principles, methods
and techniques to the science, arts and
practice of cost control. It includes the
presentation of information derived
therefrom for the purpose of managerial
decision making.”
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SCOPE
Cost accountancy consists of several areas-
• COSTING
Costing is “ the technique and process of
ascertaining costs”. Techniques consists of
principles and rules for determining the
costs for product and services. Its dynamic
& changes with the change of time.
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• COST CONTROL
Cost accountancy is not only concerned with
i. the ascertainment of costs and
ii. fixing selling prices, but also
iii. furnishing information that enable the
management to control costs of operating
the business.
Cost control is exercised by techniques such
as standard costing, budgetary control and
quality control etc.
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• COST REDUCTION
Reduction in the unit cost of product without
impairing their quality.
i. In current scenario only those business
will survive that can deliver quality product
and services, at the least cost.
ii. This needs constant research and
development in the area of product design,
production procedures etc.
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Functions of Cost Accounting Amity School of Business
1) To Ascertain the Cost : To ascertain the cost of product or a services rendered and
enable measurement of profit by proper valuation of inventory.
2) To Analyse Costs : To analysis costs or to classify the expenses under different heads of
accounts viz. material, labour, direct expenses etc.
3) To Allocate and Apportion the Costs : To allocate or charge the direct expenses or
specific costs such as Raw Material, Labour to particular product, contract or process and
to distribute common expenses to each product, contract or process on a suitable basis.
4) Cost Reporting : Cost Reporting includes :
a) What to report i.e. what is the nature of information to be presented?
b) Whom to Report i.e. to whom the report is to be addressed.
c) When to Report i.e. when the report is to be presented i.e. Daily weekly monthly yearly etc.
d) How to Report i.e. in what format the report is to be presented.
5) To Assist the Management : Cost Accounting assist the management in:
a) Indicating to the management any inefficiencies and extent of various forms of waste of Raw
Material, Time, Expenses etc.
b) Fixing of selling price.
c) Controlling Inventory of Raw Material, goods in process, finished goods, spares and
consumables etc.
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COST ACCOUNTING
COMPARED
Accounting can be broadly classified into
two categories-
1.Financial accounting
2.Management accounting
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COST CONCEPTS
• Cost
Cost means “ the amount of expenditure
incurred on, or attributable to, a given thing”
• Cost object
Cost object can be anything for which a
separate measurement of cost is desired.
Eg: Product, Services, Project
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• Cost unit
It refers to the unit with which expenditure
may be identified or conveniently allocated.
Eg: per unit of electricity, per 1000 bricks
made
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• Cost centre
It is a location, person or item of equipment
for which cost may be ascertained and used
for the purpose of cost control. The main
purpose of ascertainment of cost is to
control the cost and fill up the responsibility
of the person who is in charge of the cost
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ELEMENTS OF COSTS
• Material
The substance from which product is made,
is known as material. It is of two types-
Direct material- It comprises of integral part
of finished goods & can be assigned to
specific physical unit.
Indirect Material- It is used for purpose
ancillary to the business & cannot be
assigned to specific unit.
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• Labour
Human efforts required to convert raw
material into finished goods. It is of two
types-
Direct labour- Eg; process labour, direct
wages,
Indirect labour- Eg; Wages of time keeper,
foremen, director’s fees, salaries of
salesmen etc.
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Indirect Expenses
• Overheads
It includes costs of indirect material, indirect
labour & indirect expenses.
Classified into following categories:
a)Factory expenses- these are incurred in a
factory & are concerned with the running
of a factory.
Eg; Rent, Insurance of factory, power,
lighting
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CLASSIFICATION OF COSTS
• Fixed, Variable & Semi Variable costs-
The cost which increases or decreases exactly
in the same proportion as the volume of output
produced, are variable costs.
The cost which remains constant irrespective
of change in output, are fixed costs.
The costs which neither vary proportionately
nor remain stationery are semi variable costs.
Eg;- Depreciation, repairs, supervision costs.
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