Cost accounting

Table of Content
Cost Accounting – An Overview and General Principles
Part II: Elements of Cost
Direct Material
Direct Labour and Direct Expenses
Overheads
Activity Based Costing
Part III: Costing Methods
Single or Output Costing
Job, Batch and Back Flush Costing
Contract Costing
Process Costing
Operating Costing
Reconciliation of Cost and Financial Accounts
Integrated Accounting System
Part IV: Cost Allocation and Accumulation
Joint Products and By-Products-Costing and Other Aspects
Part V: Costing For Planning and Control
Budgetary Control Systems
Standard Costing
Part VI: Costing for Decision and Control Purposes
Marginal Costing
Break-Even and Cost Volume Profit Analysis
Differential Costing

The book sets a new standard for cost accounting textbooks. It aims at equipping students with a solid grounding in the concepts of cost accounting. With rich pedagogy and an easy-to-understand approach, it meets the specific requirements of the undergraduate students of different Indian universities. This book can also be useful for the students of CA, CS, MBA and ICWA level of Indian universities.