Cost Accounting
Marginal Costing Marginal Costing:It is a costing system where products or services and inventories are valued at variable costs only. It does not consider fixed costs. Total Contribution (C) = Sales Revenue (S) – Total Variable Cost (V)Contribution per unit = Sales price per unit – Variable cost per unit Profit = Contribution – Fixed […]
Standard Costing Standard Costing:A technique which uses standards for costs and revenues for the purposes of control through variance analysis. Variance:A divergence from the pre-determined rates. Process of Standard Costing: Setting standards Ascertaining actual costs Compare standard cost and actual cost Investigate the reasons for variances Disposed-off the variance Types of Variance: Controllable variances: Those […]
Joint Products and By Products Question 1.Narrate the terms ‘Joint Products’ and ‘By-Products’ with an example of each term. [CA Inter Dec. 2021, 5 Marks]Answer:Joint Products: Joint products represent two or more products separated in the course of the same processing operation usually requiring further processing, each product being in such proportion that no single […]
Process and Operation Costing Question 1.Explain the “Equivalent Production.” [CA Inter Nov. 2013, 4 Marks]Answer:Equivalent Production:When opening and closing stocks of work-in-process exist, unit costs cannot be computed by simply dividing the total cost by total number of units still in process. We can convert the work-in-process units into finished units called equivalent production units […]
Job and Contract Costing Question 1.What Is meant by Job Costing? Give example of (any four) industries where it is used. [CA Inter May 2001, Nov. 2016, 4 Marks]Answer:Job costing is the category of basic costing methods which is applicable where the work consists of separate contracts, jobs or batches, each of which is authorised […]
Unit and Batch Costing Question 1.Explain ‘Job Costing’ and ‘Batch Costing’. [CA Inter May 2Q01, May 2018, 5 Maris]Answer:Job costing: Job costing is the category’ of basic costing methods which is applicable where the work consists of separate contracts, jobs or batches, each of which is authorised by specific order or contract. According to this […]
Cost Accounting System – CA Inter Costing Study Material Question 1.Explain integrated accounting system and state its advantages. fCA Inter Nov. 2019, May 2019, May 2015, May 2012, May 2010, 5 Marks]Answer:Integrated Accounting System:Integrated Accounting System is a system of accounting, where the cost and financial accounts are kept in the same set of books. […]
Cost Sheet – CA Inter Costing Study Material Question 1.State the names of cost heads in a cost sheet on the basis of functions and define all the cost heads. [ICAI Module]Answer:The costs as classified on the basis of functions are grouped into the following cost heads in a cost sheet:(i) Prime Cost(ii) Cost of […]
Overheads: Absorption Costing Method – CA Inter Costing Question Bank Question 1.Distinguish between Fixed overheads and Variable overheads. (May 2010, 2 marks)Answer:Fixed Overheads Vs. Variable OverheadsFixed overheads are not affected by any variation in the volume of activity, e.g., managerial remuneration, rent etc. These remain the same from one period to another except when they […]