January 2023

Cost Behaviour: Fixed, Variable and Semi-variable costs

By |2022-09-15T12:32:28+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Cost Behaviour: Fixed Costs, Variable Costs and Semi-Variable Costs

  • Costs can be classified in a number of ways
  • One way to classify costs is by behaviour
  • This involves determining how certain costs will vary according to the organisation’s level of activity
  • For example how rentals change […]
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Costing for Labour: Introduction

By |2022-09-15T12:32:19+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706): Costing for labour

  • In most entities the two largest expenses are usually material/purchases and labour
  • We have already looked at costing for materials (inventory) here
  • We will now examine the costing for labour
  • First we will look at the basic terms involved and different labour setups and scenarios of typical […]
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Types of Costs: Period, Opportunity, Sunk and Relevant costs

By |2022-09-15T12:32:28+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Types of Costs: Period, Opportunity, Sunk and Relevant costs

  • In addition to looking at how costs behaviour in relation to the level of activity ( units produced)
  • It […]
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Costing for Labour: Remuneration Methods

By |2022-09-15T12:32:18+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706): Costing for labour: Remuneration methods

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  • Now that we have examined the basics of labour within organisations
  • It is time to look at remuneration methods
  • There are three basic remuneration […]
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Direct materials, indirect materials and labour

By |2022-09-15T12:32:27+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Types of Costs: Direct materials, indirect materials and labour

  • It is important to point out at this stage that there are generally three types of entities:
    1. Manufacturing entities that make goods and sell them
    2. Merchandising entities that purchase goods and sell them for a profit […]
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Costing for Overheads: Introduction

By |2022-09-15T12:32:18+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Costing for Overheads: Introduction

  • A business needs to know the cost per unit of its products for many reasons
  • For example in order to be able to:
  • Value its inventory properly
  • Come up with an appropriate selling price so that they can ensure they are making […]
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Inventory valuation: Introduction

By |2022-09-15T12:32:27+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Inventory valuation: Introduction

  • It has already been pointed out elsewhere that there are several types of entities:
    1. Manufacturing entities that make goods and sell them
    2. Merchandising entities that purchase goods and sell them for a profit for example supermarkets
    3. Entities that provide services for […]
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Absorption Costing: Introduction

By |2022-09-15T12:30:47+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Absorption Costing: Introduction

  • As already said in the introduction to costing for overheads
  • Businesses need to know the cost of production for each unit of production
  • There are many reasons why a business would need to know this:
    1. To calculate a selling price that […]
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International Accounting Standard 2 (IAS 2): Inventories

By |2022-09-15T12:32:26+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: International Accounting Standard 2 (IAS 2): Inventories

  • This International Financial Reporting Standard deals with inventories specifically:
    1. It defines what assets are to be considered inventories
    2. It dictates how these inventories are to be valued
    3. Prescribes how these inventories ought to be treated in accounting terms […]
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Overhead apportionment, allocation and allotment

By |2022-09-15T12:30:45+02:00January 24th, 2023|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Overhead apportionment, allocation and allotment

  • As already pointed out here at the first step of absorption costing  involves the processes of:
    1. Allocation
    2. Allotment and
    3. Apportionment
  • In very simple cases where there is only product none of this is necessary as overheads can be easily […]
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