Service departments are those which are not engaged in production of any specific items but provide support to production department e.g. stores department, repairs and maintenance department, personnel department etc The overheads charged to service department must further be reappointed Read More …
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Allocation and Appointment of overhead costs
Overhead refers to the total cost of indirect materials, indirect labour and indirect expenses. Indirect costs are those which cannot be identified with the production of some specific goods or services. These costs are incurred for the organization as a Read More …
Causes of labour turnover
Labour Turnover of an organisation is change in the labour force during a specified period measured against a suitable index. The rate of Labour Turnover in an industry depends upon several factors such as, nature of the industry, its size, Read More …
Methods of labour remuneration
This can be classified into four:- i) Time based system ii) Performance/output base system iii) Bonus schemes iv) Profit sharing/co-ownership Time based system This is further subdivided into two a) Basic system (flat rate) Under this system workers are paid Read More …
CLASSIFICATION OF COSTS
Cost may be classified on the following bases: Functions Behaviour Traceability to end product Time Identify with stock Controllability Relevance for decision making 1. Classification by Function On the basis of function, costs may be classified into production cost, administration Read More …
Difference between Financial Accounting & Cost Accounting
Introduction Accounting is the method of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to permit informed judgment and decision making by the users of the information. It’s that part of information system of business enterprise which provides financial information concerning the Read More …
