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Chapter48 An introduction to management accounting. What is management accounting?. Management means decision making . Accounting means The systematic recording, reporting, and analysis of financial transactions of a business . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chapter48An introduction to management
accounting
Management means decision making.
Accounting means The systematic recording, reporting, and analysis of financial transactions
of a business.
Management accounting is used within a business to provide them with the basis to make informed business decisions that will allow them to be better in their management and control functions.
What is management accounting?
The cost recording component is called cost accounting.Cost accounting is needed for a company management in measuring financial performance.
There are many types of costs!!!! =()=‘’
Management accounting
Historical cost A measure of value used in accounting in
which the price of an asset on the balance sheet is based on its nominal or original cost when acquired by the company.
Management accounting
Product costs combined costs of raw material and labor
incurred in producing goods cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
Period costs is an expense; it is charged against sales
revenues in the period in which the revenue is earned.
Management accounting
Cost controlCosts are collected form cost centre for individual cost units (unit of product or
service)
Management accounting
Costing approaches! These are a number of ways costs can be
added and recorded. The two most commonly used are
1. Absorption costing 2. Marginal costing
Management accounting
1. Absorption costing Absorption costing uses the total direct costs and
overhead costs associated with manufacturing a product as the cost base.
2. Marginal costing Where costing is used which takes account of only the variable cost of products rather than the full production cost.
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Costing systems There are two main types of costing system
Job costing When production consists of separate jobs
eg. a Rolls-Royce is made to each customer’s specification
Process costing.When the production is continuous flow. In industries such as oil,textiles, food processing etc.
Management accounting
Budgeting and budgetary control A formal statement of the financial
resources set aside for carrying out specific activities in a given period of time.
· It helps to co-ordinate the activities of the organisation.
Management accounting
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