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UNIT COSTING Unit costing refers to the costing procedure, under which costs are accumulated and analyzed under different elements of cost and then cost per unit is ascertained by dividing the total cost by number of units produced. It is ideally used in case of concerns producing a single article on large scale by continuous…
RECONCILIATION OF COST AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS Reconciliation of Cost and Financial Accounts: When cost accounts and financial accounts are separately maintained in two different sets of books, two profit and loss accounts will be prepared—one for costing books and second for financial books. The profit or losses shown by the cost accounts may not agree…
Traditional Costing Vs ABC Costing The difference between Traditional costing vs ABC costing is as follows: BASIS OF DIFFERENCE TRADITIONAL COSTING ACTIVITY BASED COSTING MEANING Traditional costing is the allocation of factory overhead to products based on the volume of production resources consumed. The Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is a costing system, which focuses on activities performed to produce…
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ACTIVITY BASED COSTING The Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is a costing system, which focuses on activities performed to produce Products. ABC is that costing in which costs are first traced to activities and then to products. ACCORDING TO CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS, LONDON “Activity Based Costing is cost attribution to cost units on the basis…
OVER ABSORPTION AND UNDER ABSORPTION OF OVERHEADS Overhead expenses are usually applied to production on the basis of predetermined rates. The predetermined rates may represent estimated, actual or normal costs. If the actual expenses fall short of the amount applied, there is said to be an over-absorption of overheads, and, conversely, if the actual expenses…
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ABSORPTION OF OVERHEADS Absorption of overheads refers to the process of recovering allocated cost to a particular cost centre by the units produced in that cost centre. Absorption of Overheads means the distribution of the overhead expenses allotted to a particular department over the units produced in that department. Overhead absorption is accomplished by overhead…
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALLOCATION AND APPORTIONMENT OF OVERHEADS The difference between Allocation and Apportionment of overheads is as follows: ALLOCATION OF OVERHEADS Allocation is the process of identification of overheads with cost centers. An expense which is directly identifiable with a specific cost centre is allocated to that centre. Thus it is allotment of a whole…
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Allocation and Apportionment of overheads is also known as departmentalization of overheads. ALLOCATION OF OVERHEADS Allocation is the process of identification of overheads with cost centers. An expense which is directly identifiable with a specific cost centre is allocated to that centre. Thus it is allotment of a whole item of cost to a cost…
LABOR TURNOVER Labor Turnover of an organization is change in the labor force during a specified period measured against a suitable index. Labor turnover is the ratio of the number of persons leaving in a period to the average number employed. It is the change in the composition of the labor force in an organization….
COST CENTRE Cost Centre is a department or function within an organization that does not directly add to profit but still costs the organization money to operate. Cost centers only contribute to a company’s profitability indirectly. A cost center can be defined at a smaller level than a department. It could involve a particular job…
