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INTRODUCTION:
Have you ever been to a factory where large number of products
are being produced? Have you ever wondered how are prices of these
product being determined when they are brought to the market for sale?
This module will help you understand better how firms cost their
products or services and control these costs in order to maximize their
firm’s profits.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of the topic, the students will be able to:
a. Define cost and explain cost accounting as a source of
information for internal parties within the organization;
b. Identify the objective of cost accounting
c. Determine the nature, advantages, functions and
importance of cost accounting; and
d. Differentiate cost accounting from management accounting
and financial accounting.
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WHAT IS COST?
BRANCHES OF ACCOUNTING
o Financial Accounting: This is called original accounting, which is
mainly confined to the preparation of financial statement for the
various concern parties and financial institutions
o Cost Accounting: The process of accounting for cost which begins
with the recoding of income and expenditure or the bases on which
they are calculated and ends with the preparation of periodical
statements and reports for ascertaining and controlling cost.
o Management Accounting: It is a distinctive form of resource
management which facilitates management’s decision making by
producing information for managers within organization
Application
Your task:
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Learning Objectives:
At the end of the topic, the students will be able to:
a. Distinguish between cost, expenses and losses;
b. Distinguish between direct and indirect costs, common
costs and joint costs, capital expenditures and revenue
expenditures;
c. Define the three integral components of a product, prime
costs and conversion costs;
d. Define variable, fixed, and mixed costs and discuss the
effects of changes in volume of the costs; and
e. Identify the costs for planning, control and analytical
processes.
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CLASSIFICATION OF COST
There are so many objectives of cost accounting such as planning,
decision-making, stock valuation, profit measurement, control, etc. For
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Prime Costs
Conversion Costs
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**Ideally, for both planning purposes and for making certain types of
decisions, all costs would be classified as either fixed or variable, with
mixed costs being separated into their fixed and variable
components.
Illustration:
Step 1: Choose the highest and lowest activity level with their
corresponding costs and get their differences.
** the highest and lowest activity levels usually correspond with the highest
and lowest costs during the period under review. However, in cases where
both does not match, the activity level should be the basis in choosing the
highest and lowest points.
Cost Direct Labor Hours
Difference∈cost
b=
Difference∈activity level
P 1, 000
=
500
= P 2.00/direct labor hour
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Equation 1 ∑y = Na + b∑x
Equation 2 ∑xy = ∑xa + b∑x2
Illustration:
Equation 1: ∑y = Na + b∑x
(25,900 = 6a + 6,950b) 1158.33
To compute for the fixed cost, let us use Equation 1 substituting the
amount computed for b:
∑y = Na + b∑x
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25,900 = 6a + 6,950(P2.00)
25,900 = 6a + 13,900
25,900 – 13,900 = 6a
12,000 = 6a
a = 12,000/6
a = P1,000
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Factory Overhead
Direct Materials
Factory Overhead
Application
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3. Consider education as a product. What are the direct costs and the
indirect costs to a university in educating a student?
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Using the (a) high-low method, and (b) method of least square, compute
a. The variable cost per machine hour
b. The monthly fixed electricity costs
c. The total electricity costs if 4,800 machine hours are projected to
be used next month
Standard cost is scientific tool, used for effective cost control and to
take proper action to maximize efficiency.
Cost accounting involves recording, controlling, estimating and
reporting for costs.
Costs are classified according to relation to a product, as to
variability, relation to manufacturing department, nature as
common or joint, relation to an accounting period and costs for
planning, control and analytical processes.
Important formulas to remember include the following:
Total variable cost = Variable cost per unit x total output
Total cost = Total variable cost + total fixed cost
highest point −lowest point cost
Variable rate =
highest output−lowest output
Fixed cost = Total cost at highest – (variable rate x output at
hihgest) or
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This part of the module will be a time for you to look back, and reflect on
what you have learned from this unit. Though, this will not be checked
and recorded, I would appreciate if you will do this wholeheartedly and
with all seriousness.
Answer the following questions and put your answers in the space
provided.
1. Did you learn what you expected to learn? If yes, what made you
successful with this unit of instruction?
2. What did you learn that was unexpected and how did it change your
perspective about the course?
References:
De Leon, N. D., De Leon, E.D., De Leon, G.M., Jr. (2019) Cost
Accounting and Control. Manila, Philippines: GIC Enterprises & Co.,
Inc.
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