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Q. 1   a)      Define the following terms precisely:-

         I.       Absorption costing

         II.      Cost Accounting

         III.         Conversion cost

        IV.        Factory overhead

          V.           Two definitions of cost by two different authors.
 
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Absorption costing means that all of the manufacturing costs are absorbed by the units produced. In other words, the cost of a finished unit in inventory will include direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead.
In management accounting, cost accounting is that part of management accounting which establishes budget and actual cost of operations, processes, departments or product and the analysis of variances, profitability or social use of funds. Managers use cost accounting to support decision making to reduce a company's costs and improve its profitability. As a form of management accounting, cost accounting need not follow standards such as GAAP, because its primary use is for internal managers, rather than external users, and what to compute is instead decided pragmatically.
 

Cost of moving from one kind of equipment or production process to another. Conversion cost is high when converting from a manual system to a computerized system. It includes the cost of new equipment plus training.

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