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Cost Accounting
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Cost Accounting

by K. Alex
February 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
756 pages
17h 6m
English
Pearson India
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1

Overview of Cost Accounting

CHAPTER OUTLINE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After reading this chapter, you will be able to understand:

  • Evolution of cost accounting (CA)

  • Objectives of CA

  • Advantages of CA

  • Limitation of CA

  • Importance of CA to business concerns

  • Essentials of a good CA system

  • Cost accounting versus financial accounting (FA)

1.1 INTRODUCTION

Cost accounting (CA) has come to occupy a prominent place in a company's management accounting process. In order to develop the best methods to increase ...

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ISBN: 9789332515642