Cost accounting:
Cost accounting is a process of recording,
analyzing and reporting all of a company’s
costs (both variable and fixed) related to the
production of a product. This is so that a
company’s management can make better
financial decisions, introduce efficiencies and
budget accurately. The objective of cost
accounting is to improve the business’s net
profit margins. In simple words we can say
that It is a process by which we determine the
costs of goods and services.
Features of Cost Accounting
• It is a sub-field in accounting. It is the
process of accounting for costs
• Provides data to management for decision
making and budgeting for the future
• It helps to establish certain standard costs
and budgets which are compared with the
actual cost to find out deviations or
variances .
• It records income and expenditure relating
to production of goods and services
• It is concerned with cost ascertainment,
cost presentation , cost control and cost
reduction
• provides costing data that helps in fixing
prices of goods and services.
COST
Cost is also defined as by the expenditure incurred to
produce a given good or service. The cost will be the
expenditure that is attributable to something.
COSTING
Costing is essentially a technique or a system of
ascertaining costs.
COST ACCOUTANCY
Cost accountancy is the application of the principles
of costing and accounting. It is the science, art, and
practice with which a cost accountant practices cost
ascertainment and cost control
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