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MEANING Bin card is the record maintained under the perpetual inventory system by the stores department and shows the quantities of materials received, issued and balance in hand after each receipt and issue. It is also known as stock card or bin tag. Bin Card helps to monitor the total inventory process. This card is…
PRICING OF MATERIALS Pricing of materials refers to valuation of materials issued by the stores department for the production process. Pricing of materials should be done by adopting the method which is suitable for nature of materials and business itself. The methods applied for pricing of materials are as follows: 1.COST PRICE METHOD Cost price…
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MEANING Perpetual Inventory System refers to a system of maintaining such records as will reflect the receipts, issues and balance of all items of materials in store all the times. It is a material control technique. ACCORDING TO ICMA (Institute of Cost and Management Accountants), UK “Perpetual Inventory System is a system of records maintained…
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MATERIAL CONTROL IN COST ACCOUNTING PDF Material control is a system which ensures the provision of the required quantity of materials of the required quality at the required time with the minimum amount of capital investment. It can be defined as safeguarding of company’s property in the form of inventory and maintaining it at the…
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TYPES OF COST There are various types of cost which can be classified on various bases such as element, nature, variability or behavior, controllability etc. Cost refers to the expenditure incurred on producing the goods and services. It represents the sacrifice, foregoing or a release of something of value. ACCORDING TO ICMA (Institute of Cost…
ELEMENTS OF COST The elements of cost are the factors on the basis of which expenditure is incurred. It may be defined as a group name of smaller costs of identical nature. Elements of cost make the analysis of the cost easy and facilitate maximum information regarding costs to the manufacturers. COST Cost refers to…
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COST ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING The difference between cost accounting and financial accounting is as follows: COST ACCOUNTING Cost Accounting is an art or process of recording, analyzing and classifying of expenditure for the purpose of product costing or service costing, ascertainment of profitability, operational planning and cost control. It is a forward…
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SCOPE OF COST ACCOUNTING PDF This post contains the Scope of Cost Accounting Pdf file Cost Accounting is an art or process of recording, analyzing and classifying of expenditure for the purpose of product costing or service costing, ascertainment of profitability, operational planning and cost control. It is a forward looking approach which is related…
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NATURE OF COST ACCOUNTING Cost Accounting is an art or process of recording, analyzing and classifying of expenditure for the purpose of product costing or service costing, ascertainment of profitability, operational planning and cost control. It is a forward looking approach which is related to the recording, analyzing and classifying of expenditure with the objective…
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COST ACCOUNTING Cost Accounting is an art or process of recording, analyzing and classifying of expenditure for the purpose of product costing or service costing, ascertainment of profitability, operational planning and cost control. It is a forward looking approach which is related to the recording, analyzing and classifying of expenditure with the objective of ascertaining…