Syllabus

Course Code: CC-51    Course Name: Cost Accounting

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Cost Accounting: Meaning, Definition, Objectives, Advantages and Limitations; Difference between Cost Accounting and Financial Accounting. Installation of a Costing System. Difficulties s in Installing a Costing System. Methods and techniques of Cost Accounting; Cost Units and Cost Centers; Elements and Classification of Cost. Cost Sheet and Components of Total Cost.
2 Materials Control: Meaning, Need, Purchasing and Function of Purchase Department. Purchase Procedure. Stores Control: Maximum Level, Minimum Level, Safety Level, EOQ, Material Records, Stores Ledger, Perpetual Inventory System, Continuous Stock-taking.
3 Labor Cost, System of Wage Payment, Time Wage System and Piece Rate System. Premium and Bonus Plans. Marginal Costing: Meaning, Characteristics, Merits and Limitations.
4 Overheads: Introduction, Classification, Codification, Source of Collection, Departmentalization, Allocation, and Apportionment. Job and Batch Costing, Process Costing.
5 Contract Costing: Reconciliation of Cost and Financial Accounts, Cost Audit and Cost Reduction.
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