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Cost Accounting-
-Meaning of Cost Accounting
-Scope of Cost Accounting
-Nature of Cost Accounting
-Relationship b/w Financial Accounting & Cost Accounting
-Cost Accounting v/s Management Accounting
-Objectives of cost accounting
-Function of cost accountant
-Essentials of cost accounting
-Advantages of cost accounting
-Limitations of cost accounting
-Role of cost in cost accounting
-Cost Unit & Cost Centre
-Cost Techniques
-Costing Systems
-Costing Methods
-Cost Classification
-Components of total cost
-Cost Sheet.
1.1 identify the type of accounting
1.2 difference between Cost Accounting , Cost Accountancy and Costing
1.3 understand the Management information needs
1.4 identify the objectives of cost accounting
1.5 difference between Cost Accounting Vs. Financial Accounting
1.6 identify the role of cost accountant
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-Scope of Cost Accounting
-Nature of Cost Accounting
-Relationship b/w Financial Accounting & Cost Accounting
-Cost Accounting v/s Management Accounting
-Objectives of cost accounting
-Function of cost accountant
-Essentials of cost accounting
-Advantages of cost accounting
-Limitations of cost accounting
-Role of cost in cost accounting
-Cost Unit & Cost Centre
-Cost Techniques
-Costing Systems
-Costing Methods
-Cost Classification
-Components of total cost
-Cost Sheet.
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1. Lesson 1: Overview of cost & Management
Accounting
Prepared by: Niruja R
11th August 2017
2. Cost accounting
• Cost accounting is a system for recording data
and producing information about costs for the
products produced by an organization.
• It is also used to establish costs for particular
activities or responsibility centers.
3. • The Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants, U.K. (CIMA) defines costing as
‘the technique and process of ascertaining
costs.’
• Wheldon has defined Costing as “the proper
allocation of expenditure and involves the
collection of costs for every order, job,
process, service or unit”
Cost accounting
4. Why organization need costing
systems
Type of information provided by a costing system and its need:
1. Actual unit cost:
used for cost control,
planning future unit cost,
pricing and production level decisions.
Provide information that management needs to plan and
control
5. Why organization need costing
systems
Type of information provided by a costing system and its need:
2. Actual cost of operating a department:
used for cost control by comparing with a predetermined,
budget planning future budget cost.
Provide information that management needs to plan and
control
6. Why organization need costing
systems
Type of information provided by a costing system and its need:
3.Forecast costs:
planning,
decision making,
cost control by comparing actual cost with the
forecast.
Provide information that management needs to plan and
control
8. Cost
• ‘the amount of expenditure incurred or attributed on
a given thing’
- CIMA Definition-
• the amount of cash or cash equivalent paid or the
fair value of other consideration given to acquire an
asset at the time of its acquisition or construction
(IAS 16)
• More simply, it can be defined as that which is given
or scarified to obtain something.
9. Cost units
• The CIMA Terminology defines a cost unit as a
unit of product or service in relation to which
costs are ascertained.
• Examples:
– A room in a hotel
– A litre of paint
– In-patient in a hospital
10. • A cost centre is a production or service
location, a function, an activity or an item of
equipment for which costs are accumulated.
• Examples:
– A department
– A machine
– A project
– A ward
Cost centers
11. • A cost object is any activity for which a
separate measurement of cost is undertaken.
• Examples:
– Cost of a product
– Cost of a service
– Cost of running a department
– Cost of running a regional office
Cost objects
12. Classification of costs
• Cost classification is the arrangement of items
in logical groups. Costs can be classified in a
number of different ways. Those ways are,
– Element
– Nature
– Function
– Behaviour
13. By nature: grouping costs according to whether they
are materials, labour or overhead cost.
Classification of costs
14. Direct Materials
Raw materials that become an
integral part of the product and
that can be easily traceable
Example: Tyres in an automobile
15. Direct Labor
Those labor costs that can be easily
traced to individual units of product.
Example: Wages paid to automobile assembly workers
16. Manufacturing Overhead
Manufacturing costs that cannot be easily
traced directly to specific units produced.
Examples: Indirect materials and indirect labor
Wages paid to employees
who are not directly
involved in production
work.
Examples: maintenance
workers and security guards.
Materials used to support
the production process.
Examples: lubricants and
cleaning supplies used in the
automobile assembly plant.
17. By purpose: grouped according to the reason for
which they have been incurred.
Classification of costs
Direct Cost
• a cost which is related to a particular cost objective and
can be traced to it in an economically feasible way
Indirect Cost
• a cost which is related a particular cost objective but
cannot be traced to it in an economically feasible way
• indirect costs are allocated to cost objectives
18. By purpose: Direct cost vs. Indirect cost
Classification of costs
Direct
Cost
Indirect
Cost
Cost
Object
Trace
Allocate
19.
20. By functions: this is based on the costs incurred in
various function of an organization.
Examples: Production,
Administration,
Selling and distribution.
Classification of costs
21. Selling
Costs
Costs necessary to
secure the order and
deliver the product.
Administrative
Costs
All executive,
organizational, and clerical
costs.
Classification of costs
By functions:
22. By changes in activity or volume:
Classification of costs
it is based on how a
cost will react to
changes in the level
of activity. The most
common
classifications are:
– Variable costs.
– Fixed costs
– Mixed costs.
23. Variable Cost
A variable cost varies, in total, in direct proportion to changes in the
level of activity.
Example:
Your total texting bill is based on how many texts you send.
Number of Texts Sent
TotalTextingBill
24. Fixed Cost
A fixed cost is constant within the relevant range. Or, cost which
remain fixed in total; with changes in the volume of the output
for a given period of time.
Example: Your monthly contract fee for your cell phone is fixed for
the number of monthly minutes in your contract. The monthly
contract fee does not change based on the number of calls you
make.
Number of Minutes Used
Within Monthly Plan
MonthlyCellPhone
ContractFee
25. Semi variable cost
Semi variable costs are those which are partly fixed and
partly variable.
26. By functions:
• Product costs:
– are manufacturing costs which are accumulated as
inventories
– It includes direct material, direct labor and direct
overheads.
– Up to sale, these products are shown and valued as
inventory and they form a part of balance sheet.
• Period costs:
– are all other costs of operating the business, expensed in
the accounting period they are incurred.
– e.g. general administrative, selling and financial.
Classification of costs
27. By Controllability:
• Controllable - These are controlled by management
like material labour and direct expenses.
• Uncontrollable - They are not influenced by
management or any group of people. They include
rent of a building, salaries, and other indirect
expenses.
Classification of costs
28. By Normality
• Normal Cost are the normal or regular costs which are
incurred in the normal conditions during the normal
operations of the organization. They are the sum of actual
direct materials cost, actual labour cost and other direct
expense.
Example: repairs, maintenance, salaries paid to employees.
• Abnormal Cost are the costs which are unusual or irregular
which are not incurred due to abnormal situation s of the
operations or productions.
Example: destruction due to fire, shut down of machinery, lock outs, etc.
Classification of costs
29. By relationship with accounting period:
• The capital expenditure and revenue expenditure are
classified under it.
• Revenue expenses relate to current accounting period.
Capital expenditures are the benefits beyond accounting
period.
Classification of costs
30. By time:
HISTORICAL COST:
a cost computed after production from records made
concurrently with various steps of production —
contrasted with predetermined cost and standard cost
PREDETERMINED COST:
estimated cost that they are computed in advance of
production taking into consideration the previous
periods.
Classification of costs
32. Exercise
1. The wages of employees who build the sailboats
2. The cost of advertising in the local newspapers
3. The cost of an aluminum mast installed in a sailboat
4. The wages of the assembly shop’s supervisor
5. Rent on the boathouse
6. The wages of the company’s bookkeeper
7. Sales commissions paid to the company’s salespeople
8. Depreciation on power tools: manufacturing overhead cost
34. COST ACCOUNTING
• The Institute of Cost and Management Accountant, England (ICMA) has
defined Cost Accounting as –
– “the process of accounting for the costs from the point at which expenditure
incurred, to the establishment of its ultimate relationship with cost centers
and cost units. In its widest sense, it embraces the preparation of statistical
data, the application of cost control methods and the ascertainment of the
profitability of activities carried out or planned”.
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Cost Accounting = Costing + Cost Reporting + Cost Control.
35. Cost Accountancy
• Cost Accountancy means :
– “the application of costing and cost accounting
principles, methods and techniques to the science,
art and practice of cost control”
– It includes the presentation of information derived
there from for the purpose of managerial decision
making.
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37. Features of Cost Accounting
1. It is a process of accounting for costs;
2. It records all expenditure relating to production of goods and
services ;
3. It provide statistical data on the basis of which future estimates are
prepared and quotations are submitted;
4. It is concerned with cost ascertainment, cost control, and cost
reduction;
5. It establishes budgets and standards;
6. It gives right information to right person at the right time;
7. It is concerned with classification, accumulation, distribution and
control of costs.
38. Management accounting
• Management accounting is the sourcing, analysis,
communication and use of decision-relevant financial
and non-financial information to generate and
preserve value for organisations.
• Management accounting is the process of
identification, measurement, accumulation, analysis,
preparation, interpretation and communication of
information that assists managers in specific decision
making within the framework of fulfilling the
organizational objectives.
39. Management accounting
• The Report of the Anglo-American Council of
Productivity (1950) "Management accounting is the
presentation of accounting information in such a
way as to assist the management in creation of
policy and the day to day operation of an
undertaking".
40. Characteristics of Management
Accounting
• Useful in decision making
• Derived from Financial and Cost Accounting
information
• Exclusively for internal use
• Purely optional
• Concerned with future
• Flexibility in presentation of information
41. Functions/ Objectives of Management
Accounting
• Planning
• Coordinating
• Controlling
• Communication
• Financial analysis and interpretation
• Qualitative information
• Decision making
42. Cost Accounting vs Management Accounting
Basis Cost Accounting Management Accounting
Scope Limited to providing cost
information for managerial uses
Broader scope as it provides all types of
information
Emphasis Mainly on cost ascertainment and
cost control to ensure maximum
profit
Mainly on planning, controlling and
decision making to maximize profit
Techniques
employed
Standard costing and variance
analysis, marginal costing and cost
volume profit analysis, budgetary
control, uniform costing etc.
All the techniques of cost accounting
but in addition it also uses ratio
analysis, fund flow statement,
statistical analysis, operation research,
mathematics, economics etc.,
whatsoever help management in tasks
Evolution Its evolution is mainly due to the
limitations of financial accounting
Its evolution is due to the limitations of
cost accounting
Statutory
requirement
Maintenance of cost records has
been made compulsory in selected
industries as notified by the govt.
from time to time
It is purely voluntary and its use
depends upon the utility of
management
43. Cost Accounting vs Management Accounting
Basis Cost Accounting Management Accounting
Data base It is based on data derived
from financial accounts
It is based on data derived from
financial accounting, cost accounting
and other sources
Status in
organisation
In an organisational setup, cost
accountant is placed at a lower
level in hierarchy than the
management accountant
In an organisational setup,
management accountant is placed at a
higher level in hierarchy than the cost
accountant
Installation Cost accounting can be
installed without management
accounting
Management accounting cannot be
installed without a proper system of
cost accounting
45. (i) Cost Ascertainment: It deals with the collection and
analysis of expenses, the measurement of production of
the different products at the different stages of
manufacture and the linking up of production with the
expenses.
(ii) Cost Accounting: It is the process of accounting for cost
which begins with recording of expenditure and ends
with the preparation of statistical data.
(iii) Cost Control:Cost Control is the guidance and
regulation by executive action of the costs of operating
an undertaking. It aims at guiding the actual
performance towards the line of targets
Scope of cost accountancy
46. Objectives of Cost Accounting
• To ascertain the cost per unit.
• To provide a correct analysis of cost.
• To disclose sources of wastage of time, material ,
machine etc.
• To fix price.
• To ascertain the profitability.
• To exercise effective control of stocks.
• To advice management on future expansion
47. • To present interpret for mgt. planning.
• To helps in preparation of budgets
• To provide information to right person at right
time.
• To organise internal audit system.
• To formulate & implement incentive bonus plans.
• To organise cost reduction programmes
• To find out costing & profit and loss .
Objectives of Cost Accounting
Editor's Notes
Type of information provided by a costing sysytem:
Actual unit cost: used for cost control , planning future unit cost, pricing and production level decisions.
Actual cost of operating a department: used for cost control by comparing with a predetermined budget, planning future budget cost,
Forecast costs: planning, decision making, cost control by comparing actual cost with the forecast.
Type of information provided by a costing sysytem:
Actual unit cost: used for cost control , planning future unit cost, pricing and production level decisions.
Actual cost of operating a department: used for cost control by comparing with a predetermined budget, planning future budget cost,
Forecast costs: planning, decision making, cost control by comparing actual cost with the forecast.
Type of information provided by a costing sysytem:
Actual unit cost: used for cost control , planning future unit cost, pricing and production level decisions.
Actual cost of operating a department: used for cost control by comparing with a predetermined budget, planning future budget cost,
Forecast costs: planning, decision making, cost control by comparing actual cost with the forecast.
Direct materials are raw materials that become an integral part of the finished product and whose costs can be conveniently traced to it. Examples include the aircraft engines on a Boeing 777, the Intel processing chip in a personal computer, the blank video cassette in a pre-recorded video, and Wheels in an automobile.
Direct labor consists of that portion of labor cost that can be easily traced to a product. Direct labor is sometimes referred to as “touch labor,” since it consists of the costs of workers who “touch” the product as it is being made.
Manufacturing overhead includes all manufacturing costs except direct materials and direct labor. These costs cannot be easily traced to specific units produced (also called indirect manufacturing cost, factory overhead, and factory burden).
Manufacturing overhead includes indirect materials that are part of the finished product, but that cannot be easily traced to it. It includes indirect labor costs that cannot be conveniently traced to the creation of products.
Other examples of manufacturing overhead include: maintenance and repairs on production equipment, heat and light, property taxes, depreciation and insurance on manufacturing facilities, etc.
A manufacturing company incurs many other costs in addition to manufacturing costs. For financial reporting purposes, most of these other costs are typically classified as selling costs and administrative costs. These costs are also called selling, general and administrative costs, or SG&A. Selling and administrative costs are incurred in both manufacturing and merchandising firms.
Selling costs include all costs necessary to secure customer orders and get the finished product into the hands of the customer. These costs are also referred to as order-getting and order-filling costs. Examples of selling costs include advertising, shipping, sales travel, sales commissions, sales salaries, and costs of finished goods warehouses.
Administrative costs include all executive, organizational, and clerical costs associated with the general management of an organization. Examples of administrative costs include executive compensation, general accounting, secretarial, public relations, and similar costs involved in the overall general administration of the organization as a whole.
A variable cost varies, in total, in direct proportion to changes in the level of activity. For example, if you don’t have a texting plan on your cell phone, text messaging costs 5 cents per text. Your total texting bill increases with the number of texts you send.
A fixed cost is constant within the relevant range. In other words, fixed costs do not change for changes in activity that fall within the “relevant range.” For example, your monthly contract fee for your cell phone is a fixed amount for a certain number of minutes. The monthly contract fee does not change based on the number of calls you make.
Of course, if you go over your monthly minutes allotment, you have exceed the relevant range for your monthly contract and will be charged above and beyond your monthly contract fee.