Sugar cane industries Ltd produce vinegar. The product is made in two production processes before completion and transferred to finished goods stock. For the week ended 26 November 2008, details of production were as follows: Process 1 Process 2 Direct materials (10000 litres) $5000 $- Labour $4000 $1800 Normal loss in process Normal loss in process of input Output litres 2000 1350 10% of input 5% 9000 litres 8300 $0.40 per Scrap value of all losses litre $0.50 per litre Required: (a) Process 1 account (b) Process 2 account (c) Abnormal loss account and abnormal gain account
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.
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