Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
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ISBN: 9781259569197
Author: Thomas P Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds, Bor-Yi Tsay, Philip R Olds
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Distinguish between job order costing system and process costing system.

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The differences between job order costing system and process costing system is as follows:

Basis of distinctionJob-order costing systemProcess costing system
MeaningJob order costing is one of the methods of cost accounting under which cost is collected and gathered for each job, work order, or project separately. It is a system by which a factory maintains a separate record of each particular quantity of product that passes through the factory. Job order costing is used when the products produced are significantly different from each other.

Process costing is method of cost accounting in which all the costs that are incurred production process are recorded. Output of one process becomes input for next process. This method is used to apply cot to similar products that are mass-produced in uninterrupted manner.

Applicability of the systemThis costing system is applicable when the production jobs or batches are heterogeneous (distinct from each other).This costing system is applicable when the products are homogeneous (similar products).
Maintenance of subsidiary recordsUnder this system, job cost sheet is maintained.Under this system, job cost sheet is not maintained.
Accounting for work-in process inventoryThe total costs incurred for each job or batch is transferred to the work-in process inventory account.The total costs incurred for each product is transferred to the work-in process inventory account of the respective department.

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