One purpose of costing is to determine what resources, and in what quantities, are required to provide the goods or services. A second purpose is to provide a guide to resource usage monitoring.
marginal costing is recommended by IAS and absorption costing is not recommended by IAS,marginal costing is used for internal purposes and absorption costing is ysed for external purposes,in marginal costing the fixed production overheads are not calculated as a product cost and in absorption costing the fixed prodution overheads are calculated as product cost.
planing, cost controlling, directly and decision making.
Variable costing is called marginal costing while direct costing is separate concept.
outline the characteristics and purpose of: Job costing and process costing
Labour costing. Material costing
marginal costing is recommended by IAS and absorption costing is not recommended by IAS,marginal costing is used for internal purposes and absorption costing is ysed for external purposes,in marginal costing the fixed production overheads are not calculated as a product cost and in absorption costing the fixed prodution overheads are calculated as product cost.
planing, cost controlling, directly and decision making.
planing, cost controlling, directly and decision making.
Activity-based costing is a form of cost refinement, designed to obtain greater accuracy than traditional allocations in cost assignments for product costing and decision-making purposes.
Job Order Costing Operation Costing Normal Costing Actual Costing Standard Costing Kaizen Costing Target Cost
Variable costing is called marginal costing while direct costing is separate concept.
a job costing
outline the characteristics and purpose of: Job costing and process costing
Labour costing. Material costing
Yes marginal costing is also sometimes called direct costing.
full absorption costing
Methods of Costing The cost of products or services is determined using several methods. The use of a given method is dictated by such factors as: the nature of cost units, the production process, the mode of cost accumulation, the duration of work etc. The following are the well established methods of costing a. Job / Batch costing b. Contract costing c. Process costing d. Service costing Techniques of Costing Irrespective of the type of costing method being applied there are various approaches that could be adopted. These are:  Full Absorption costing  Marginal costing  standard costing using  absorption costing  marginal costing