COST ACCOUNTING NOTES
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The syllabus covered is as follows:
CONTRACT COSTING
Introduction: – Concept of Cost, Costing, Cost Accounting & Cost Accountancy, Limitations of
Financial Accounting, Origin and Objectives of Cost Accounting, Advantages and Limitations of
Cost Accounting, Difference between Financial and Cost Accounting, Cost Unit & Cost Centre,
Elements of Cost, Material, Labour and other Expenses Classification of Cost, Types of Costs
and Preparation of Cost Sheet.
Contract Costing- Meaning, Features and Rules regarding the calculation of Profits in case of
complete and incomplete contracts alongwith the treatment of Work-in-progress.
Process Costing – Meaning, Features, Normal and Abnormal Loss/ Gains, Inter process profits
and equivalent production.
Reconciliation of Cost & Financial accounts
Marginal Costing – Meaning and various concepts – Fixed Cost Variable Cost, Contribution, P/V
Ratio, Break Event Point, Margin of Safety, Managerial Applications.
Standard Costing- Definition and Meaning of Various Concepts Advantages and Limitations of
Standard Costing
Variance Analysis – Material, Labour and Overheads Variances only.
Budget and Budgetary Control- Definition, Meaning and objectives of Budgetary control
Advantages and disadvantages of Budgetary Control, Types of Budget.
