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Chapter 4

Cost classification

Outcome

By the end of this session you should be able to:

 explain and illustrate production and non-production costs
 describe the different elements of non-production cost – administrative, selling,
distribution and finance

 describe the different elements of production cost – materials, labour and
overheads

 explain the importance of the distinction between production and non-
production costs when valuing output and inventories

 explain and illustrate with examples classifications used in the analysis of the
product/service costs including by function, direct and indirect, fixed and
variable, stepped fixed and semi variable costs
 describe and illustrate, graphically, different types of cost behaviour

 use high/low analysis to separate the fixed and variable elements of total costs
including situations involving semi variable and stepped fixed costs and
changes in the variable cost per unit

 explain the advantages and disadvantages of using the high low method to
estimate the fixed and variable element of costing

 explain the structure of linear functions and equations

 explain and illustrate the concepts of cost objects, cost units and cost centres

 explain and illustrate the use of codes in categorising transactions

and answer questions relating to these areas.

The underpinning detail for this Chapter in your Integrated Workbook can
be found in Chapter 4 of your Study Text

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