Module 1: Cost Accounting Part 1 Flashcards
Overhead cost =
is mixed cost = fixed and variable components
Prime cost
= direct labor & direct materials
Product cost
cost assigned to goods (products) that were either purchased or manufactured for resale
Conversion cost
direct labor & overhead
Cost driver
a casual factor (the cause) that increases the cost (the effect) of a cost objective, it is often non financial
Inventoriable cost
Cost are assets until sold when become “cost of goods sold”
Distribution of overhead cost
is Cost allocation which is the distribution of overhead or support costs based on anyone variety of methods
Managerial accounting - “Relevant Range”
the range of activity within which the relationships of fixed costs and variable costs are meaningful and valid