job costing Definition (according to business dictionary) An order-specific costing technique‚ used in situations where each job is different and is performed to the customer’s specifications. Job costing involves keeping an account of direct and indirect costs. Since both types of costs are usually closely related (a job requiring high input of labor and material is likely to consume more power‚ machine time‚ supervision time‚ inspection time‚ etc.) indirect costs may be applied as an estimated
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Uniform Costing and Inter Firm Comparison UNIFORM COSTING Uniform Costing is not a distinct method of costing. In fact‚ when several undertakings start using the same costing principles and/or practices they are said to be following uniform costing. The basic idea behind uniform costing is that the different concerns in an industry should adopt a common method of costing and apply uniformly the same principles and techniques for better cost comparison and common good. The principles and methods
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MARGINAL COSTING [pic] SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Shashi Srivastav ABHISHEK KUMAR RAI
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Topic: Product costing Ningbo lecturer: Ms. Huang HuiQin – E: huanghuiqin@nbu.edu.cn – P: 86-574-87600960 Student: Lê Uyên Phương (Phoebe) – E: leuyenphuongvn@yahoo.com – P: 86-15 757 829 310 Student ID: 1211125031 NBU Intake 12‚ 2012 Required: Examine the literature to identify the different perspectives on how a product’s cost may be formulated. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches to product costing that have been proposed
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Marginal Costing Versus Absorption Costing The MAIN DIFFERENCE is the treatment of FIXED COSTS. This treatment can produce different profit figures.The two methods of costing produce different profit levels dependent upon the net change in the level of stock during the period.This is due to the VALUATION of the net change in stock during the period. In [...] Over/(Under) Absorption Of Overheads In earlier articles‚ we discussed about absorption costing‚ its advantages and disadvantages and
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progress. According to ACCA article‚ in back flush accounting costs are not associated with units until they are completed or sold. Back flush accounting is also called delayed costing‚ as costs are not allocated to production until after events have occurred. From view by other author‚ back flush accounting is a costing system that omits recording some of all of the journal entries relating to the cycle from purchase of direct materials to the sales of finished goods (Robert‚ 2011). According to
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Process Costing Characteristics of Process Manufacturing • Since each product within a product line passing through the processes would receive similar ‘‘doses’’ of materials‚ labor‚ and overhead‚ costs are accumulated by process. • Process costing works well whenever relatively homogeneous products pass through a series of processes and receive similar amounts of manufacturing costs Units are homogeneous and subjected to the same operations for a given process and each unit produced in a
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Historical Development of Marginal Costing Marginal cost is the change in the total cost that arises when the quantity produced has an increment by unit. That is‚ it is the cost of producing one more unit of a good. In general terms‚ marginal cost at each level of production includes any additional costs required to produce the next unit. The concept of marginal utility grew out of attempts by economists to explain the determination of price. The term “marginal utility”‚ credited to the Austrian
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they do not make a difference between those costs that are fixed‚ and those that are variable. As a result‚ management became obligated to rely on the alternative variable costing method which provides better information for managerial accounting purposes. Although it is not allowed for external reporting‚ the variable costing method is preferred by managers because it generates great tools for internal decision making purposes CITATION Nat76 \l 1033 (Accountants‚ 1976). Introduction Accounting
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Marginal Costing Introduction The Cost of a product of comprises of materials‚ labour‚ and over heads. On the basis of variability they can be broadly classified as fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs are those costs which remain constant at all levels of production within a given period of time. In other words‚ a cost that does not change in total but become. Progressively smaller per unit when the volume of production increases is known as fixed cost. it is also called period cost eg. Rent
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