05/10/22 [email protected] 1 Presentation on Basics of Cost Accounting for B Com Students Presented by Dr. Sanjay P Sawant Dessai Associate Professor VVM Shree Damodar College of Commerce and Economics margao Goa
Aug 06, 2015
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Presentation on
Basics of Cost Accounting for B Com Students
Presented by Dr. Sanjay P Sawant Dessai
Associate Professor VVM Shree Damodar College of
Commerce and Economics margao Goa
Contents • Concept of Cost • Cost Accounting • Elements of Cost• Material • Labour • Expenses • Overheads • Components of Cost
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Cost means price paid or the amount of expenditure (actual/notional) incurred on, or attributable to a given product/ service.
The cost may be Material cost, Labour cost,
expenses, prime cost, factory cost, office cost and cost of sales.
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Old concept
Cost ascertainment of product/services, based on historical data
Now a days control of cost is more important due to competitive market .
Ascertainment of cost and control of cost
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Cost accounting is, concerned with recording, classifying and summarizing costs for determination of costs of products or services, planning, controlling and reducing such costs and furnishing of information to management for decision making.
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• Following are the three broad elements of cost:
• Material
• Labour &
• Expenses
• Material The substance from which a product is made is known as material.
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– Direct Material – integral part of a finished product– can be conveniently assigned to specific physical unitExamples of direct material:
All raw materials or components specifically purchased for production / to make product
Atta/ flour in case of food item Milk for Ice-cream Metal for fan Wood for furniture Primary packing material (e.g., carton, wrapping,
cardboard, boxes etc.)
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◦ Cannot be conveniently assigned to specific physical units is termed as indirect material.
◦ Examples of indirect material.◦ Consumable stores, oil and waste, printing and
stationery material etc. ◦ Indirect material may be used in the factory,
office or the selling and distribution divisions
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• For conversion of materials into finished goods, human effort is needed and such human effort is called labour.
Labour can be direct as well as indirect.
Direct Labor The labor which actively and directly takes part in the production of a particular product
Examples -Process labour, productive labour, operating labour, etc.
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– The labour employed for the purpose of carrying out tasks incidental to goods produced or services
– It cannot be practically traced to specific units of output.
– Examples of indirect labour.–Wages of storekeepers, foremen, timekeepers,
directors’ fees, etc, – Indirect labour may relate to the factory, the
office or the selling and distribution divisions
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• Expenses may be direct or indirect.
–Direct Expenses These are the expenses that can be directly, conveniently and wholly allocated to specific product . Called as chargeable expenses
– Examples: Transport charges
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Indirect Expenses - expenses that cannot be
directly, conveniently and wholly allocated to cost centers or cost units.
– Examples- Rent, lighting, insurance charges etc.
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• Overhead includes indirect material, indirect labor and indirect expenses.
• All indirect costs are overheads.• Overheads are of three types – Factory or works overheads –Office and administration overheads – Selling and distribution overheads
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– Factory Overheads They include the following• Indirect material used in a factory such as lubricants,
oil, consumable stores etc. • Indirect labour such as gatekeeper, timekeeper,
works manager’s salary etc. • Indirect expenses such as factory rent, factory
insurance, factory lighting etc.
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Indirect materials used in an office such as printing and stationery material, brooms and dusters etc.
Indirect labour such as salaries payable to office manager, office accountant, clerks, etc.
Indirect expenses such as rent, insurance, lighting of the office
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• include the following things:• Indirect materials used such as packing material,
printing and stationery material etc.• Indirect labour such as salaries of salesmen and
sales manager etc.• Indirect expenses such as rent, insurance,
advertising expenses etc.
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• Prime Cost Prime cost consists of costs of direct materials, direct labour and direct expenses.
• Factory Cost Factory cost comprises prime cost plus works or factory overheads (indirect materials, indirect labours and indirect expenses incurred in a factory). It is also known as works cost, production or manufacturing cost.
• Office Cost Office cost is the sum of factory cost and office and administration overheads. This is also termed as or the total cost of production.
• Total Cost Selling and distribution overheads are added to the total cost of production to get total cost or the cost of sales
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Prime cost /direct cost Direct material plus Direct labour Plus Direct expenses
Works Cost / factory cost Prime cost plus works overheads
Office cost / total cost of production Works cost plus office and administration overheads
Cost of sales / total cost Office cost plus selling and distribution overheads
Total sales Total cost plus profit