Fundamentals of Cost Accounting

The book focuses on all aspects of cost accounting useful to managers in their normal functioning of Cost Control and Profit Planning. It Provides a comprehensive coverage to suit the requirements of Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses such as B.Com, B.Com (Hons.), M.Com and Professional courses such as BBA, CA, ICWA, MBA, MIB, MHROD and even the managers who are interested in upgrading their understanding of cost controlling measures.

Salient features
It has been divided into six units: Introduction, Material Costing, Labour Costing, Overheads Costing, Methods of Costing, and Accounting Systems.
Activity Based Costing has been discussed in detail.
Analytical approach in understanding the concepts has been adopted.
Use of diagrams and exhibits to understand concepts easily and clearly, has been made at appropriate places.
At the end of each chapter, a summary of the main points/concepts discussed is given under the Caption 'Let Us Recapitulate'.
In order to make the concepts crystal clear, Objective Type Exercises in two formats (i) True and False, and (ii) Fill in the Blanks, have been introduced with suggestive answers.
Each chapter concludes with numerous explanatory Solved Problems.
Solved Question Paper of Cost Accounting meant for B.Com(Hons.), 2010 Provided. (jacket)