Question # 1 Standard and the actual costs for direct materials and direct labor are given as under: Standard costs Direct materials 8,000 units at total direct material costs Rs. 40,000 Direct labor: 7,000 hours at Rs. 6 per hour Actual costs Direct materials 8,500 units at Rs. 4.5 per unit Direct labor: 6,500 hours at Rs. 6.25 per hour Required c. Entries in general journal to record the above information d. What do you realize whether the overall variation is in favorable or unfavorable?
Process Costing
Process costing is a sort of operation costing which is employed to determine the value of a product at each process or stage of producing process, applicable where goods produced from a series of continuous operations or procedure.
Job Costing
Job costing is adhesive costs of each and every job involved in the production processes. It is an accounting measure. It is a method which determines the cost of specific jobs, which are performed according to the consumer’s specifications. Job costing is possible only in businesses where the production is done as per the customer’s requirement. For example, some customers order to manufacture furniture as per their needs.
ABC Costing
Cost Accounting is a form of managerial accounting that helps the company in assessing the total variable cost so as to compute the cost of production. Cost accounting is generally used by the management so as to ensure better decision-making. In comparison to financial accounting, cost accounting has to follow a set standard ad can be used flexibly by the management as per their needs. The types of Cost Accounting include – Lean Accounting, Standard Costing, Marginal Costing and Activity Based Costing.
Question # 1
Standard and the actual costs for direct materials and direct labor are given as under:
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Direct materials 8,000 units at total direct material costs Rs. 40,000 Direct labor: 7,000 hours at Rs. 6 per hour |
Actual costs Direct materials 8,500 units at Rs. 4.5 per unit Direct labor: 6,500 hours at Rs. 6.25 per hour |
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