acca報名費用 & acca考試時間2018 匯總!后臺有考友在問Cost accounting的相關知識它是怎樣定義的?
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Q:什么是Cost accounting?
Costing accounting is the‘gathering of cost information and its attachment to cost objects,the establishment of budgets,standard costs and actual costs of operations,processes,activities or products;and the analysis of variances,profitability or the social use of funds.
——CIMA Official Terminology
簡單來說,Cost accounting做以下三件事:
①Preparing statements(Eg budgets,costing)
?、贑ost data collection
?、跘pplying costs to inventory,products and services
Q:Cost accounting的目標Aims是什么?
主要是實現以下目標:
?、貱ost/Value of inventory of goods/Future costs(成本是做預算的一個主要部分)
?、赗evenue/Selling price
?、跴rofitability
④How actual costs compare with budgeted costs兩者之間的差異要不要采取措施去更正?
?、軼hat information management needs為了做決定?
注意:Cost accounting不僅僅可以應用于生產制造方面領域,在服務業,政府部門,社會福利活動方面也適用。在一個生產企業中,Cost accounting系統不僅可用于制造,也可以用在administration,selling and distribution,research and development等部門。
Q:
Cost accounting適用于做決策?WHY?
NO!絕對不適合喲~
因為用來做決定的信息一定要是relevant的,做決定這件事是關于未來的,因此肯定帶有一定程度的不確定性uncertainty,所以用來做決定的信息也一定要帶有一定的不確定性。而Cost accounting報告的信息,都是past data,并且,Eg,在Absorption costing下,很多信息在某些場景下都是帶有誤導性質、不相關的,這樣做出來的決策一定不會是最佳的。
Q:
Cost accounting&
Management accounting之間的關系?
很多時候,我們會被告知,Cost accounting和Management accounting就是一樣東西,但這樣說是不對的。同學們一定要記住這句話Cost accounting is part of management accounting.這句話是一個考點,考試的時候會以兩種方式迷惑你,第一種是主語和賓語顛倒;第二種,他會把Management accounting換成Financial accounting.同學們一定要保持清醒,做出正確的判斷!
最后一點,Cost accounting也為Management accounting提供了一堆data,成本會計的內容應該是闡述各種成本計算方法,至于成本控制與分析則由管理會計完成。
小測試
看完以上的小科普接下來我們來看一道題目,同學們可以檢驗一下自己有沒有真正學懂Costing accounting。
Which of the following sentences is true?
(a)Costing accounting can be used for inventory valuation to meet the requirement of internal reporting only.
(b)Cost accounting is part of financial accounting.
A.Only(a)is correct
B.Only(b)is correct
C.Both are correct
D.Neither is correct
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正確答案:D
(a)中錯在only,Costing accounting can be used for inventory valuation to meet the requirements of both internal reporting and external financial reporting.
(b)錯在financial,應該是management accounting.