Job Costing
Job Costing
Job Costing
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Costing Systems based on - Absorption costing
Job Costing:
– Different products as per Customer specification– Non-repetitive
• Not for mass market, produced in low volumes or one at a time
– Each job order is unique
• Can be continuously identified at each stage of production
– Jobs are separately identifiable
– Example : Houses made as per customer requirements
Process Costing
– Homogeneous products in continuous flow processing lines - Mass Scale
– Many units of a product - units are undistinguishable from each other
– Soft drink producer, Oil Refinery, Chemical processing plant, Cement
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The Flow Of Documents In a
Job-order Costing System
FEATURES
• Costs accumulated as per job Sales Order
•Every job is identified by a unique
A sales order is prepared
number, has a job card or job cost as a basis for issuing
sheet a ...
Job cost sheet is used to track costs
- Direct material, direct labor and Production Order
manufacturing cost is accumulated
for each job A production order initiates
work on a job, whereby costs
are charged through ...
Materials Predetermined
Requisition Labour Time Ticket Ovhd. Rates
Job Cost
Sheet
The job cost sheet forms the basis for valuing 4
ending inventories and Cost of Goods
Sold.
Measuring Direct Material & Labour Costs,
Applying Manufacturing Overheads
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Also look at Exhibit 3.3 page 121 of the Text Book
Application of Manufacturing Overhead
• Overhead Absorption - Charging of OHs to units produced
• Actual OH Absorption rate: Delay, Seasonality
• OH is applied to jobs using a predetermined overhead rate (POHR) based on
estimates made at the beginning of the accounting period
Traced
Applied
Income Statement
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Overapplied and Underapplied
Manufacturing Overhead - Summary
Alternative 1 Alternative 2
If Manufacturing Close to Cost
Overhead Allocation of Goods Sold
is . . .
UNDERAPPLIED INCREASE INCREASE
Work in Process Cost of Goods Sold
(Applied OH is less Finished Goods
than actual
OH) Cost of
Goods Sold
OVERAPPLIED DECREASE
DECREASE Cost of Goods Sold
Work in Process
(Applied OH is greater Finished Goods
than actual
MoreOH) Cost of
accurate but more complex to compute.
Goods Sold