Big Picture: Week 1-3: Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO) : at The End of The Unit, You Are
Big Picture: Week 1-3: Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO) : at The End of The Unit, You Are
Week 1-3: Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO): At the end of the unit, you are
expected to
Metalanguage
For you to demonstrate ULOa, you will need operational understanding of the terms
enumerated below.
Essential Knowledge
To perform the aforesaid big picture (unit learning outcomes), you need to fully
understand the following essential knowledge laid down in the succeeding pages.
Please note that you are not limited to exclusively refer to these resources. Thus, you
are expected to utilize other books, research articles and other resources that are
available in the university’s library e.g. ebrary, search.proquest.com etc., and even
online tutorial websites.
Financial Accounting
Financial accounting is a branch of accounting that reporting financial information
primarily to the external parties, including investors (the suppliers of funds to the firm)
and creditors(debt provider to the entity). It is primarily concerned with the preparation
of financial statements that are useful for external users. The reports focusses on the
enterprise as a whole. The information is based on historical, qualitative, monetary
and verifiable information and is supported by documented evidence. Reports that are
provided in this branch are in the form of financial statements, tax returns and other
formal reports distributed to the various external users. This information may also be
used for financial analysis by management. This is also required for may corporation
firms as a requirements of the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and BIR
(Bureau of Internal Revenue) for compliance with the country’s tax laws. Financial
accounting presents information with some degree of precision in reporting historical
information as at the same time it emphasizes verifiability and freedom from bias of
information that are relevant to the general user and some degree of timeliness in
reporting which is not critical in managerial accounting.
Management/Managerial Accounting
Management/Managerial accounting focusses on reporting information within the
organization rather than outside users. It addresses the individual or divisional
concerns rather than the enterprise as a whole. The information provided may be
current or forecasted, qualitative or quantitative, monetary or non-monetary and
mostly all the data are timely and futuristic. Some of the costs are not recorded on the
books of accounting in the organization. Timing and relevance of information that has
greater significance to the internal users of information and decision maker within the
organization. The measurement of
Management accountig is not distinct and separate from financial accounting as the
data from financial accounting are used in managerial accouting system.
Cost Accounting
Cost accounting is an expanded phase of general or financial accounting which
informs management promptly with the costs of rendering a particular service, buying
and selling of products and producing a product. It is the field of accounting that
measures, records and reports information about costs and it is also the essential to
efficient cooperation of business and industry.
Let’s Check!
I. Questions:
1. What is financial accounting?
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2. What is managerial accounting?
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3. What is cost accounting?
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4. What are the distinguishing the difference between the cost accounting,
financial accounting and managerial accounting?
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II. True or False
1. Managerial accounting internal reports are prepared more frequently than
are classified financial statements.
2. Management accounting applies to all forms of business organization
3. Financial accounting reports are general-purpose reports while managerial
accounting reports are usually special purpose reports.
4. Managerial accounting information generally pertains to the entity as a
whole and is highly aggregated.
5. Financial accounting report should be inconformity with the Philippine
Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS).
6. Cost accounting are branch of accounting that deals with the accumulation
of product costa and other costs.
7. Financial Accounting provides a historical perspective, whereas
management accounting emphasizes a current perspective.
8. Financial Accounting is primarily concern with profitability analysis.
9. Management accounting provides information that is generally available
only on a quarterly and annual basis.
10. Cost accounting procedures helps the management to gather data needed
to determine the product cost and generate a meaningful results.
III. Multiple choice
1. Which of the following person are most likely to use the management
accounting information is a(an),
a. Banker evaluating a credit application
b. Shareholder evaluating a stock investment
c. Government taxing authority
d. Assembly department supervisor
2. Which of the following is not an internal user?
a. Creditor c. Controller
b. Cost accountant d. Department Manager
3. Internal reports must be communicated
a. Daily b. Monthly c. Annually d. As needed
4. Which of the following persons generally use financial accounting
information?
a. Regulatory agencies c. Production department supervisor
b. Managers d. Sales executives
5. Which of the following statements about cost accounting is NOT true?
a. It provides costs to internal parties
b. It is an intersection of financial accounting and financial accounting
c. It provides an information that is used for both financial and
management accounting
d. It is concerned with the historical information.
Let’s Analyze!
Marion Dela Cuestra is a manager of MDC Company and wondering if their company
are still ahead of its competitor. If you are Marion Dela Cuestra where you are going
to get the information for you to analyze your advantage from your competitors? Why?
Q&A List
Do you have any question for clarification?
Questions/Issues Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Keywords index
Cost Accounting Management Accounting
Financial Accounting
Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you
further understand the lesson.
You can also refer to the sources below to help you further understand the
lesson:
De Leon, N. D., De Leon, E. D. and De Leon, G. Jr. M. (2019). Cost accounting and
control. Manila: GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Garrison, R.H., & Noreen, E.W. (2003). Managerial accounting (10th ed.). McGraw-
Hill Company, Inc.
Cabrera, E. B. (2014). Management accounting: concepts and application. Manila:
GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Note:
The content of this manual is based on the textbook for ACC 123 titled “Cost
Accounting and Control” by De Leon, Norma D., De Leon, Ellery D. and De Leon,
Guillermo Jr. M.
Big Picture in Focus: ULOb. Distinguish the differences of
merchandising and manufacturing operation of entities in the industry
and differentiate their cost accounting cycle.
Metalanguage
For you to demonstrate ULOb, you will need operational understanding of the terms
enumerated below.
Manufacturing concern business is any industry that makes products from raw
materials by the use of manual labor or machinery and that is usually carried out
systematically with a division of labor
Raw Material Inventory is the total cost of all component parts currently in stock that
have not yet been used in work-in-process or finished goods production.
Work in Process Inventory is materials that have been partially completed through
the production process.
Direct Materials are those materials and supplies that are consumed during the
manufacture of a product, and which are directly identified with that product.
Direct Labor is the production or services labor that is assigned to a specific product,
cost center, or work order.
Factory Overhead is the costs incurred during the manufacturing process, not
including the costs of direct labor and direct materials. It is normally aggregated and
allocated to units produced during the period.
Cost of Goods Sold is the cost of acquiring or manufacturing the products that a
company sells during a period, so the only costs included in the measure are those
that are directly tied to the production of the products, including the cost of labor,
materials, and manufacturing overhead.
Essential Knowledge
To perform the aforesaid big picture (unit learning outcomes), you need to fully
understand the following essential knowledge laid down in the succeeding pages.
Please note that you are not limited to exclusively refer to these resources. Thus, you
are expected to utilize other books, research articles and other resources that are
available in the university’s library e.g. ebrary, search.proquest.com etc., and even
online tutorial websites.
Illustration 1
Jose Company purchase merchandise worth P/ 750,000 pesos and return P/ 50,000
of it to the supplier and paid freight for the purchases P/ 2,750. The company avail the
P/ 25,000 worth of discount. The merchandise beginning and end, respectively are P/
75,000 and P/ 65,000.
All types of business entities needed to have an information system that provide
necessary information. Manufacturing businesses the information system that they
should have is designed to accumulate detailed
costs data relative to the production process.
Thus, they need to have a structured cost
accounting system that will show what are the
cost necessary for the production, where and how
these costs are utilized by the production
process.
The costs of materials used, direct labor costs and factory overhead costs (that are
composed of indirect materials, indirect labor, utility costs, depreciation of factory
building and machineries and equipment, supplies and other factory costs) are
transferred and accumulated to the Work in Process Inventory account during the
accounting period. After the production is completed and the products are already
finished, all the manufacturing costs from Work in Process Inventory account will be
transferred to the Finished Goods Inventory account. The remaining cost in the Work
in Process inventory account will be the Work in Process Inventory, End and this will
be the Work in Process Inventory, beginning in the next accounting period. All the
costs that are transferred to finished goods will be accounted as Cost of Goods Sold
if the products are sold that are reported to the Statement of Comprehensive Income
or the Income Statement of the company and the costs of the unsold product will make
up the balance of Finished Goods Inventory, end that will form part as the costs of
Finished Goods Inventory, beginning for the next accounting period.
ILLUSTRATION
Joe Mariano Corporation has the following information for the preparation of statement of cost
of goods sold of the company.
Inventory Beg End
Raw Materials 100,000 125,000
Work-In Process 78,000 97,500
Finished Goods 124,500 102,750
Indirect Materials 25,750
Indirect Labor 61,250
Direct Labor 1,756,350
Factory Supervision 96,750
Factory Building Depreciation 120,800
Factory Supplies 176,800
President’s Salary 350,000
Uncollectible Accounts 75,800
Factory Machinery and Equipment Maintenance 35,700
Taxes for Factory Building 27,780
Sales Commission 99,750
Factory Machinery and Equipment Depreciation 102,750
Sales Salaries 76,340
Factory Building Maintenance 55,000
Delivery Expenses 40,700
Raw Material Purchases 1,750,000
Purchase Returns and Allowances 80,000
Purchase Discounts 25,750
Freight In 12,500
Freight Out 23,756
Distribution of Payroll
Journal Entry: Work In Process xxxxx
Factory Overhead Control xxxxx
Selling and Administrative Expenses Control xxxxx
Payroll xxxxx
Payment of Payroll
Journal Entry: Accrued Payroll xxxxx
Cash xxxxx
Factory Overhead Control– used for actual factory overhead costs incurred by the
company.
Factory Overhead Applied– used for factory overhead that are based on the
predetermined rate.
Under Applied Factory Overhead– is the result if factory overhead control is greater
than the factory overhead applied.
Over Applied Factory Overhead– is the result if factory overhead control is lesser
than the factory overhead applied.
Occurrence of actual factory overhead.
Journal Entry: Factory Overhead Control xxxxx
Various Accounts** xxxxx
**Cash/Accounts Payable/Contra Asset accounts
Application of factory overhead to production
Journal Entry: Work In Process xxxxx
Factory Overhead Applied xxxxx
To close the two factory overhead accounts with under applied factory overhead
Journal Entry: Factory Overhead Applied xxxxx
Under Applied Factory Overhead xxxxx
Factory Overhead Control xxxxx
To close the two factory overhead accounts with over applied factory overhead
Journal Entry: Factory Overhead Applied xxxxx
Over Applied Factory Overhead xxxxx
Factory Overhead Control xxxxx
ILLUSTRATION
Gulmanchi Company has the following information in its financial statements and the
transactions for the year.
Gulmanchi Company
Statement of Financial Position
January 1, 2020
Requirements:
1. Journalize the transactions above
2. Prepare Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year
3. Prepare Statement of Financial Position
4. Payroll 350,000
SSS Premium Payable 1,700
Pag-Ibig Premium Payable 600
PhilHealth Premium Payable 450
Withholding Taxes Payable 1,050
Accrued Payroll 346,200
Accrual of payroll
Accruals of utilities
T-ACCOUNTS:
CASH ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES
Beg 180,000 4. 346,200 13. 1,111,600 18. 1,000,440
14. 1,000,440 8. 25,000
11. 248,000
12. 45,000
1,180,440 664,200 1,111,600 1,000,440
516,240 111,160
Let’s Check!
I. Questions:
1. What is merchandising concern business?
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2. Some selected sales and cost data for Joja Manufacturing Company are
Direct material used of 150,000, Direct labor of 250,000, Factory overhead
of 125,000 and Selling and administrative expenses of 200,000. What is
the amount of the total product cost?
a. 400,000 b. 375,000 c. 200,000 d. 525,000
5. The factory ledger of Pearl Corporation contains the following cost data for
the year ended December 31, 2020:
2. Melchora Incosar Corporation provides the following transactions for the month of
May.
A. Purchase materials for cash, 350,000.
B. The production department incur a 157,000 cost for the various expenses.
C. The payroll is 500,000 accrued and paid, where, 10% is indirect labor, 7% of
this is Selling expenses and 3% of this is Administrative expenses. The
payroll deductions are the following; Withholding Taxes at 11,650, SSS
Premium, 14,500, HDMF Premium, 2,300 and PHIC Premium, 5,750
D. Material used in the production, 325,000, 10% is indirect materials.
E. Employer share in payroll deductions: where 80% is factory overhead, 10% is
selling expense and the remaining 10% is administrative expenses. The SSS
Premium is 29,000, HDMF Premium is 2,300 and PHIC Premium is 5,750.
F. Production department paid 254,000 worth of factory expenses.
G. Factory overhead applied to the production at 125% of the direct labor cost.
H. The goods completed is 1,200,000 and sold on account at 150% based on
costs.
I. Collected 80% of the accounts.
Required:
1. Journalized the following transactions and prepare T-Accounts.
2. Prepare Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year, Statement of
Changes in Equity and Statement of Financial Position.
In a Nutshell
PROBLEM 1:
Princess Precious Jewel Company had the following information on December 31, 2020.
Merchandise Inventory, Beginning 1,100,000.00
Purchases 5,600,000.00
Sales 8,750,000.00
Sales Salaries 600,000.00
Purchase Discounts 45,000.00
Store Supplies 150,000.00
Office Salaries 950,000.00
Interest Revenue 20,000.00
Retained Earnings, Beginning 550,000.00
Freight In 145,000.00
Sales Returns and Allowances 150,000.00
Income Tax Expense 280,000.00
Loss on Sale of Trading Securities 50,000.00
Doubtful Accounts 30,000.00
Depreciation – Store Equipment 25,000.00
Dividend Revenue 50,000.00
Depreciation – Delivery Truck 60,000.00
Depreciation – Office 35,000.00
Gain on Sale of Equipment 10,000.00
Dividends Paid 450,000.00
Loss from Inventory writedown 150,000.00
Contribution (70% factory worker) 125,000.00
Delivery Expense 425,000.00
Merchandise Inventory, Ending 850,000.00
Required: Prepare Income Statement.
PROBLEM 2:
Kim Brilliant Company provides the following information for 2020:
Increase in Raw Materials Inventory 280,000.00
Decrease in Goods in Process Inventory 170,000.00
Increase in Finished Goods Inventory 300,000.00
Decrease in Factory supplies Inventory 95,000.00
Taxes and depreciation of factory building 150,000.00
Raw Material Purchases 3,500,000.00
Direct Labor 1,800,000.00
Indirect Labor 450,000.00
Supervisory 235,000.00
Indirect Materials 260,000.00
Repair and Maintenance-Machinery 145,000.00
Utilities (75% for Factory) 300,000.00
Purchase Returns and Allowances 95,000.00
Freight Out 75,000.00
Sales commissions 80,000.00
Rent Factory Building 250,000.00
Required: Prepare Statement of Cost of Goods Sold.
Q&A List
Do you have any question for clarification?
Questions/Issues Answers
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Keywords index
Merchandising Raw Materials Inventory
Manufacturing Work in Process Inventory
Direct Materials Finished Goods Inventory
Direct Labor Merchandise Inventory
Factory Overhead Cost of Goods Sold
Cost of Goods Available for sale Manufacturing Costs
Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you
further understand the lesson.
You can also refer to the sources below to help you further understand the
lesson:
De Leon, N. D., De Leon, E. D. and De Leon, G. Jr. M. (2019). Cost accounting and
control. Manila: GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Garrison, R.H., & Noreen, E.W. (2003). Managerial accounting (10th ed.). McGraw-
Hill Company, Inc.
Cabrera, E. B. (2014). Management accounting: concepts and application. Manila:
GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Note:
The content of this manual is based on the textbook for ACC 123 titled “Cost
Accounting and Control” by De Leon, Norma D., De Leon, Ellery D. and De Leon,
Guillermo Jr. M.
Big Picture in Focus: ULOc. Identify the uses of cost accounting data;
Metalanguage
For you to demonstrate ULOc, you will need operational understanding of the terms
enumerated below.
Planning is the process of thinking about the activities required to achieve a desired
goal. It is the first and foremost activity to achieve desired results. It involves the
creation and maintenance of a plan.
Essential Knowledge
To perform the aforesaid big picture (unit learning outcomes), you need to fully
understand the following essential knowledge laid down in the succeeding pages.
Please note that you are not limited to exclusively refer to these resources. Thus, you
are expected to utilize other books, research articles and other resources that are
available in the university’s library e.g. ebrary, search.proquest.com etc., and even
online tutorial websites.
The information from cost accounting will be used for analysis of the trend of the
manufacturing costs incurred in the production process for management purposes.
The cost determination will help the company to make a variety of important marketing
decision.
4. Analyzing profitability. The information of the unit product cost are used by the
management to determine the amount of profit they earned from the products and
if the profit can be maximized by eliminating some unnecessary cost incurred by
the company and concentrating their efforts in creating a highest possible profit
for the company.
Costs are in evitable in a company thus this are said to be used by management
purposes to evaluate the managers for their performance, to evaluate also the
company’s personnel efficiency or sued for decision making purposes. This are the
uses of costs internally but externally to evaluate the top management performance in
the result of the stewardship challenge given to them and decide about the
organization.
Let’s Check!
I. Questions:
3. What is planning?
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4. What is controlling?
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Q&A List
Do you have any question for clarification?
Questions/Issues Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Keywords index
Product Cost Controlling
Selling Price Planning
Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you
further understand the lesson.
You can also refer to the sources below to help you further understand the
lesson:
De Leon, N. D., De Leon, E. D. and De Leon, G. Jr. M. (2019). Cost accounting and
control. Manila: GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Garrison, R.H., & Noreen, E.W. (2003). Managerial accounting (10th ed.). McGraw-
Hill Company, Inc.
Cabrera, E. B. (2014). Management accounting: concepts and application. Manila:
GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Big Picture in Focus: ULOd. Distinguish the differences of Process
costing system and Job order costing system;
Metalanguage
For you to demonstrate ULOd, you will need operational understanding of the terms
enumerated below.
Job Order Costing System a system for allocating costs to groups of unique
products.
Essential Knowledge
To perform the aforesaid big picture (unit learning outcomes), you need to fully
understand the following essential knowledge laid down in the succeeding pages.
Please note that you are not limited to exclusively refer to these resources. Thus, you
are expected to utilize other books, research articles and other resources that are
available in the university’s library e.g. ebrary, search.proquest.com etc., and even
online tutorial websites.
Table d.1. Summary of characteristics of job order costing system and job order
costing system.
Hybrid Costing
It is the combination of job order costing system and process costing system. When
the ideas and characteristics are blended from the two traditional cost accounting
system. The relationships are presented below to understand the concept of this
costing system.
Operation Costing
It is a hybrid product costing system that are used in a repetitive manufacturing where
finished product have common as well as distinguishing characteristics. The
manufacture of clothing this can be assembled in one operation but these can be move
to other operation and have a deluxe lining added.
In the general rule, job order product costing system is more costly than process
costing system. Job order costing system is more detailed in record keeping than
process costing system. The managers should compare the additional benefits that
will be derive from knowing the actual cost of each unit. Thus, if the record keeping
costs is equal from job order costing and process costing then it is better to use job
order costing system but in order have a better decision then they need to get all the
data needed to consider the process costing system.
Let’s Check!
I. Questions:
5. What is/are differences between job order costing system and process
costing system?
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1. What is the best cost accumulation procedure to use when many batches,
each differing as to product specification, are produced?
a. Job order costing system c. Process costing system
b. Hybrid costing system d. Standard costing
2. Play Labs develops 35mm film using a four-step process that moves
progressively through four departments. The company specializes in
overnight service and has the largest drug store chain as its primary
customer. Currently, direct labor, direct materials and overhead are
accumulated by department. The cost accumulation system that best
describes the system Play Labs is using is
a. Operation costing c. Hybrid costing system
b. Job-order costing system d. Process costing system
3. Which one of the following alternatives correctly classifies the business
application to the appropriate costing system?
Job Order Costing System Process Costing System
a. Wallpaper manufacturer Oil refinery
b. Aircraft assembly Public accounting firm
c. Paint manufacturer Retail banking
d. Print shop Beverage drink manufacturer
4. Which of the following production operations would be most likely to
employ a job order system of cost accounting?
a. Toy Manufacturing c. Shipbuilding
b. Crude Oil Refining d. Candy Manufacturing
5. Which of the following products would most likely be accounted for with a
process costing system?
a. A public accounting firm c. Airplane manufacture
b. A retailer d. Gasoline refinery
Q&A List
Do you have any question for clarification?
Questions/Issues Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Keywords index
Process Costing Job Cost Sheets
Job Order Costing Work In Process
Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you
further understand the lesson.
You can also refer to the sources below to help you further understand the
lesson:
De Leon, N. D., De Leon, E. D. and De Leon, G. Jr. M. (2019). Cost accounting and
control. Manila: GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Garrison, R.H., & Noreen, E.W. (2003). Managerial accounting (10th ed.). McGraw-
Hill Company, Inc.
Cabrera, E. B. (2014). Management accounting: concepts and application. Manila:
GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Note:
The content of this manual is based on the textbook for ACC 123 titled “Cost
Accounting and Control” by De Leon, Norma D., De Leon, Ellery D. and De Leon,
Guillermo Jr. M.
Metalanguage
For you to demonstrate ULOe, you will need operational understanding of the terms
enumerated below.
Cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a
service.
Losses is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before.
Essential Knowledge
To perform the aforesaid big picture (unit learning outcomes), you need to fully
understand the following essential knowledge laid down in the succeeding pages.
Please note that you are not limited to exclusively refer to these resources. Thus, you
are expected to utilize other books, research articles and other resources that are
available in the university’s library e.g. ebrary, search.proquest.com etc., and even
online tutorial websites.
Cost
This is associated to all kind and all types of business organization. Generally, the cost
incurred are categorized or classified by the organization dependent to its type of
organization involved.
It is the equivalent(cash equivalent) sacrificed for goods and services that are
expected to bring benefits to the organization. This will produce future benefits that
are usually means revenue.
Expenses
This is the expired costs that are deducted from the revenue in the income statement
to get the profit of the company as the cost are used up in producing or selling products
and rendering of service.
Losses
This is cost that are not used in the production or selling products and rendering of
services but they expire without producing any benefit.
2. What is expense?
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3. What is loss?
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4. What is/are differences between cost, expense and loss? And how they
relates to each other?
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Q&A List
Do you have any question for clarification?
Questions/Issues Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Keywords index
Cost Losses
Expenses
Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you
further understand the lesson.
You can also refer to the sources below to help you further understand the
lesson:
De Leon, N. D., De Leon, E. D. and De Leon, G. Jr. M. (2019). Cost accounting and
control. Manila: GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Garrison, R.H., & Noreen, E.W. (2003). Managerial accounting (10th ed.). McGraw-
Hill Company, Inc.
Cabrera, E. B. (2014). Management accounting: concepts and application. Manila:
GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Big Picture in Focus: ULOf. Define and distinguish the different types
of costs and expenditures that are useful in planning, control and
analytical processes; the cost are not limited to the following:
Metalanguage
For you to demonstrate ULOf, you will need operational understanding of the terms
enumerated below.
Product Costs is the cost from the supplier plus all costs necessary to get the item
into inventory and ready for sale.
Period Costs is the cost that are nescessarily be reported to the income statement
as deduction to the revenue.
Prime Cost is the direct cost of a commodity in terms of the materials and labor
involved in its production, excluding fixed costs
Conversion Cost is a term used in cost accounting that represents the combination
of direct labor costs and manufacturing overhead costs.
Direct Cost is a price that can be directly tied to the production of specific goods or
services.
Indirect Cost is cost that are not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a
particular project, facility, function or product).
Mixed Cost is a cost that contains both a fixed cost component and a
variable cost component.
Common Cost is a cost that is not attributable to a specific cost object, such as a
product or process.
Joint Cost is a cost incurred in a joint process. Joint costs may include direct
material, direct labor, and overhead costs incurred during a joint production process.
Capital Expenditure are funds used by a company to acquire, upgrade, and maintain
physical assets such as property, buildings, an industrial plant, technology, or
equipment.
Revenue Expenditure is a cost that is charged to expense as soon as the cost is
incurred.
Differential costs is the difference between the cost of two alternative decisions, or
of a change in output levels.
Relevant costs is a managerial accounting term that describes avoidable costs that
are incurred only when making specific business decisions.
Out-of-pocket costs is the direct payment of money that may or may not be later
reimbursed from a third-party source.
Sunk costs is a cost that has already been incurred and cannot be recovered.
Controllable costs re those costs that can be altered in the short term. More
specifically, a cost is considered to be controllable if the decision to incur it resides
with one person.
Essential Knowledge
To perform the aforesaid big picture (unit learning outcomes), you need to fully
understand the following essential knowledge laid down in the succeeding pages.
Please note that you are not limited to exclusively refer to these resources. Thus, you
are expected to utilize other books, research articles and other resources that are
available in the university’s library e.g. ebrary, search.proquest.com etc., and even
online tutorial websites.
PRODUCT COST AND PERIOD COST
Product Cost
This is consist of the 3 major components namely: Direct Material, Direct Labor and
Factory Overhead. This are cost nescessary to produce a finish product.
Direct Materials are basic inggredients that are transformed to a finished product
aligned with the use of direct labor anf factory overhead. This are materials that are
directly, conveniently and economically traceable to the product example: flour is for
bread, steel sheet for automobiles, wood for tables and chairs and others
Directly traceable means that materials can be seen immediately to the product.
Conveniently tarceable means that the materials can be recognized without undue
cost.
Economically treaceable means that the cost of the materials can be measureable
immediately without undue effort and cost.
If the material cost are not economically, directly and conveniently traceable they are
recorded as part of the factory overhead in the form of indirect materials. The example
of this cost are nails and paints in the furnitures, rivets in airplanes and bolts in
automobiles.
Direct Labor are amount of peso paid as wages to the people who works directly to
the product. This direct labor costs that are directly relates to the product of the
company includes the amount paid to machine operators, maintenance workers and
other workers directly involved in molding the products, while those amount paid to
the people not directly shaping the products are part of the indirect labor costs reported
to the factory overhead. This cost includes wages and salaries given to supervisors,
machine helpers and other support personnel. Payroll taxes, group insurance, sick
pay, vacation and holiday pay and other fringe benefits are usually included in the
factory overhead even it is part of the direct labor cost.
Factory Overhead the element that are considered as the indirect cost of all the
product cost. All cost that are not classified as direct material and direct labor costs
are recognized in this section. This are cost that are not practically, economically and
conveniently traced to the product. This is also called as manufacturing overhead,
factory burden and indirect manufacturing costs.
Indirect materials and supplies: nails, rivets, lubricants and small tools
Indirect labor costs: wages of lift-truck driver, maintenance and inspecton labor,
engineering labor, machine helpers and supervisors.
Other indirect factory costs: building, machinery and tool maintenance, propery taxes,
property insurance, pension costs, factory rent and utility.
Period Costs
This are cost that are reported as expense in the period it is incurred. This costs are
group into marketing or selling expenses and administrative or general expense.
Marketing or selling expense is the costs that are inccurred in connectionwith
securing the customer orders until the delivery the product or services to the hands of
the customers. This cost are referred to as order-getting and order-filling costs.
Example of this costs are advertising, shipping, sales travel, sales commission, sales
salaries, and expenses relates to the finished goods warehouse.
Administrative or general expenses is the costs that are spent to all executive,
organizational and clerical expenses that are not included in production and
marketing. This expenses are executive compensation, general accounting, general
administration and all expenses that are incurred by the company in the administrative
and general as a whole in the organization.
Conversion costs are the costs combined from the direct labor and factory overhead
that are use to transform the raw materials to finished products.
Indirect costs are costs that are not conveniently and economically traceable to the
product and if indirect costs that is charge to other departments that are later
transferred to other department are called indirect departmental charges.
VARIABLE COSTS, FIXED COSTS AND MIXED COSTS
Variable costs are costs that will vary directly to the change in total in relation to the
volume of production. In essence, the total costs will vary as the volume changes but
the cost per unit will not change even if there are changes in volume.
Therefore, the labor cost per unit will not change but the total costs will increase if the
volume will increase but if the volume will decrease then the total costs will also
decrease.
Fixed costs are costs that will remain constant in total even if there are changes in
volume of production but as to per unit it will vary inversely to the change in volume.
This costs are categorized into committed fixed costs and managed fixed costs.
Committed fixed costs are costs that are relatively committed on the management
as a result of past decision in a long-term basis. Example; depreciation.
Managed fixed costs are costs that are incurred in a short term basis and can be
easily modified and changed in respond to management objectives. Example;
advertising, research and development and training of employees.
Figure f.2
Illustration 2
The rental cost of the company is P/ 100,000 pesos yearly.
Volume Rental cost Cost per Unit(volume)
May 8,000 100,000 12.5
June 9,090 100,000 11.0
July 8,333 100,000 12.0
August 8,695 100,000 11.5
September 7,692 100,000 13.0
October 6,400 100,000 15.625
November 7,142 100,000 14.00
Therefore, the total cost will not change as volume change as even if no produce the
cost will still be incurred by the company but the cost per unit is changing inversely as
the volume increase the cost per unit decreases and the cost per unit will increase if
the volume will decrease.
Mixed Costs are costs that has both the characteristics of fixed and variable cost or
this are cost that are partly fixed and partly variable. This cost has two types; semi-
variable costs and step costs.
Semi-variable costs are costs that definitely has fixed portion of the minimum fee
required and the variable portion is charge of using the service. Examples; utilities,
cost of cellphone or telephone plan. In the figure f.3 the line where it start is the fixed
portion and as the volume increase the cost will increase accordingly and that is the
variable portion of the costs.
Illustration 3
The company renting a building for P/ 250,000 and in addition the company also will
pay 2% of the total sales of the company per year. The company earned a P/
2,500,000 total sales for the current year.
Separating the Fixed cost portion and the Variable cost portion in the mixed
costs
The problem of the manager is to ascertain as to how much is the fixed portion of the
mixed costs thus, separating the variable and fixed in a mixed cost is necessary. Then,
the manager will now have to use either of the three (3) methods of separating fixed
and variable costs to analyze and evaluate the cost incurred by the company.
This course will only discuss two of the methods namely the High-Low Method and
the Least Square Method, while the scatter graph method will be discuss in other
accounting related subject.
High-Low Method is the method of separating fixed and variable components of the
mixed cost by getting the highest volume and their corresponding cost and the lowest
volume and also their corresponding cost. Then follow the formula below
Cost of the Highest Volume minus(-) Cost of the Lowest
Volume
Variable Costs/unit = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Highest Volume minus(–) Lowest Volume
or
CHV – CLV
VCU = ------------------
HV - LV
Fixed Cost = Cost of the highest volume – (Highest volume * Variable cost per unit)
or
FC = CHV – (HV * VCU)
or
Fixed Cost = Cost of the lowest volume – (Lowest volume * Variable cost per unit)
or
FC = CLV – (LV * VCU)
Whereas;
Legends:
TC – Total Costs VC – Variable Costs
FC – Fixed Costs VCU – Variable Cost per Unit
FCU – Fixed Cost per Unit TCU – Total Cost per Unit
V – Volume LV – Lowest Volume
HV – Highest Volume CLV – Costs of the Lowest Volume
CHV – Costs of the Highest Volume
Illustration 4
1. Compute:
a. the variable cost per unit
b. the total fixed costs
2. Compute for the total costs if the production is 7,800 units will be produced
Solution:
1.A
CHV – CLV 15,500 – 8,500
VCU = ------------------------- VCU = ------------------------
HV – LV 9,000 – 3,000
7,000
VCU = ---------- VCU = 1.1666…
6,000
1.B
FC = 15,500 – (9,000 * 1.1666…) FC = 8,500 – (3,000 *
1.1666…)
FC = 15,500 – 10,500 FC = 8,500 – 3,500
FC = 5,000 FC = 5,000
2.
TC = FC + VC
TC = FC + (V * VCU)
TC = 5,000 + (7,800 * 1.1666…)
TC = 5,000 + 9,100
TC = 14,100
Least Square Method
The formulas that are to be use in this solution are the linear equation formula.
Equation 1: Y = a + bx
Equation 2: ∑y = na + b∑x
Equation 3: ∑xy = ∑xa + b∑x2
Where:
Y = Total costs
n = number of given data
a = Fixed costs
b = Variable costs per unit
x = Level of activity
y = costs per level of activity
Illustration 5
1. a
Equation 2: ∑y = na + b∑x
Equation 3: ∑xy = ∑xa + b∑x2
b = 1.0725
1.b
Using Equation 2:
94,500 = 8a + 1.0725(46,250)
8a = 94,500 - 49,602.80
8a = 44,897.20
44,897.20
a = --------------------
8
a = 5,612.15
Using Equation 3:
579,500,000 = 46,250a + 1.0725(298,312,500)
46,250a = 259,561,944.82
259,561,944.82
a = --------------------------------
46,250
a = 5,612.15
3. Using the Equation: Y = a +bx
Y = 5,612.15 + 7,800(1.0725)
Y = 5,612.15 + 8,365.50
Y = 13,977.65
Joint costs are costs that are apportioned to the products as these are product cost
of a process that produces more than one product and that the costs of the direct
materials, direct labor and factory overhead are incurred that are allocated to the
product at split-off point, which the product are already separable to each other. This
cost are not directly identifiable to any of the products, thus allocation is needed for
the products that are produced to absorb the cost of the production.
Revenue expenditures are expenses that are charge directly to the current period
this is also the same with the term period costs.
Non-controllable costs are those cost that cannot be managed or controlled by the
managers. E.g. Depreciation, amortization and depletion.
Opportunity Costs are costs of the alternative that are given up. Example beow:
Alternative 1. You are going to buy fone and load a prepaid worth P/ 15,000 and P/
600 load per month.
Alternative 2. You are going to get a plan from a telecom company P/ 500.00 per
month for 2 years.
Example:
Relevant Costs are future costs that are changing across the alternatives. All the cost
in the table above except other expenses are considered relevant costs.
Out-of-Pocket Costs are cost that require payment of money or this are cost that are
petty in nature.
Example: The employee will pay fare for the taxi P/ 90.00, then, this cost is considered
as pocket cost as this cost should be paid in cash.
Sunk Costs are costs that are historical and cannot be change anymore.
Example: The company purchase machine P/ 200,000 for special purpose. The P/
200,000 is the outlay and cannot be change therefore this is sunk costs.
Let’s Check!
I. Questions:
1. What are the differences between product costs and period costs?
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In a Nutshell
Zombania Corporation produces and sells strawberry flavoured fitness drink. Over
the last five months the company had the following production costs and production
volume
Month Costs Volume in boxes
July P 6,000 12
August 6,659 14
September 8,370 18
October 8,800 19
November 8,050 17
Requirement:
1. Using high-low method, what is the fixed cost per month for fitness drink
production?
2. Using high-low method, what is the total cost if the company will produce
25 boxes of strawberry flavoured fitness drink?
3. Using least square method, what is the variable cost per box of fitness
drink?
Q&A List
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Keywords index
Inventoriable Cost Mixed Cost
Prime Cost Prime Cost
Conversion Cost Common Cost
Direct Cost Joint Cost
Indirect Cost Capital Expenditure
Prime Cost Revenue Expenditure
Variable Cost Product Cost
Fixed Cost
Self-Help: You can also refer to the sources below to help you
further understand the lesson.
You can also refer to the sources below to help you further understand the
lesson:
De Leon, N. D., De Leon, E. D. and De Leon, G. Jr. M. (2019). Cost accounting and
control. Manila: GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.
Garrison, R.H., & Noreen, E.W. (2003). Managerial accounting (10th ed.). McGraw-
Hill Company, Inc.
Cabrera, E. B. (2014). Management accounting: concepts and application. Manila:
GIC Enterprise & Co., Inc.