Cost accounting is concerned with recording, classifying, and summarizing costs to determine the costs of products or services, plan and control costs, and provide information to management for decision making. It differs from financial accounting in that cost accounting is used internally by companies for managerial decision making, while financial accounting provides information on the overall financial position of the company. Cost accounting classifies costs as fixed or variable and is used to calculate the cost of individual products, jobs, or processes. The document then provides an example of the operating costs of running an administration at a business school, classifying costs as variable, fixed, or maintenance costs and calculating the total daily operating cost. It also lists the estimated total assets of the business school.