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Department of Accounting
University of Ghana Business School
Dr. William Coffie
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Lesson objectives
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BUSINESS GOVERNMENTAL
A. Ownership It is owned by individuals or equity owners It is owned by the State. No individual can claim
ownership.
A. Establishment It is established by Registration with the Registrar General It is established by an Act of Parliament.
Department.
(a) Motive It has a profit motive Non-profit in motive
(a) Funding It is funded by the contributions made by owners known It is funded from the Public Fund (Article 175 of
differently as sole proprietors, partners and shareholders 1992 Constitution)
(i) Consolidated Fund
(ii) Contingency Fund
(iii) Any other Fund established by Act of the
Parliament.
(a) Regulatory Frame work It is regulated by: It is regulated by:
(i) Business Registration Act (i) Constitution
(ii) Incorporated Private Partnership Act 1962, Act 152 (ii) Financial Administration Act (Act 654) &
(iii) Company Code 1963 Act 179 Legislative Instrument 1802.
(iv) Any Act, Legislation, Statutes established specifically (iii) Internal Audit Agency Act 658
for the industry it operates e.g. Banking Act, Insurance (iv) Public Procurement Act 663
Act etc. (v) Periodic Directories from the Government.
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II. Manufacturing Industries – engaged in converting raw materials into finished goods.
c) Service Organization – they neither produce nor buy and sell finished goods but render
services to other industries. They are aids to Production and Commerce e.g. Banking,
Insurance, Transportation, Hospitality etc.
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Competitors
Accounting Info.
Employees
Government Management
Financial Inst./
Creditors/Suppliers
Analysts
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Purpose Provide information about Organizations Provides information for Planning, Control and Decision
performance, financial Status, investment potential. Making in organizations.
Audience Mainly for external users e.g. creditors, share Mainly for internal users, e.g. Board of directors,
holders. management etc.
Restriction It is heavily regulated by standards and statutes e.g. Not regulated. No legal requirement to produce report.
IFRS, GAAP etc. Legal requirement to produce Reports are management driven to meet strategic and other
Report. operational requirement.
Scope Reports cover entire organization, Aggregated Segmental reporting on products, customers’ territory,
events etc. Highly disaggregated.
Nature Objective, verifiable and auditable ,purely Subjective, non-verifiable and non-auditable. Both
quantitative quantitative and qualitative (descriptive) and include
other subject areas.
a) Importance of cost
Cost is the aggregate monetary value of the resources that are used up or sacrificed
or consumed in the process of producing the product (goods and services).
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Importance of cost
Cost is used to determine the selling price of products (goods, services and work).
Revenue – Cost = Profit. Revenue in the equation has two variables which are
Quantity demanded and Price. These two variables are exogenous to the
Importance of cost
• Note that quantity demanded of a product is of a function (fx) (income, taste,
preference, degree of substitution etc). These are outside the control of the
organization.
• The determination of price as part of the equation; Further apart from cost is
competitor’s reaction and consumers affordability or acceptance.
• Therefore the only variable controllable by the organization in the profit
equation is Cost.
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Importance of cost
Michael Porter, a strategic writer postulated that in this business environment of
global competition, shorter product lifecycles and discerning customers, Porter says
that for organizations to survive, they must adopt three generic strategies.
These are:
(i) over all cost leadership
(ii)differentiation and
(iii)focus
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• The process of determining the cost of the product i.e. accumulation and
assignment of cost is costing.
• The product (goods and services) for which cost is being determined is called Cost
object or Cost unit.
• The place, department or activity for which cost is accumulated and assigned or
charged to cost object is known as the Cost Center.
Electricity Kilowatt-hour
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CLASSIFICATION OF COST
Behavior of cost in
Time when
relation to fluctuation Management
computed. (Time Degree of averaging
in activity level (Cost Function
Period)
Behavior).
Manufacturing
Variable cost Total cost
Historical Cost costs
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CLASSIFICATION OF COST
Sunk Cost
Indirect cost Period cost Uncontrollable
Opportunity Cost
Elements of Cost
Material
Labour
Expenses
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ELEMENTS OF COST
The Cost component of a product to an organisation depends upon the use for which
the product is to be put in the organisation. A product could be
(a) Procured for its final use e.g. stationary, lubricant.
(b) Procured for resale.
(c) Manufactured by converting raw materials procured into finished goods.
(d) Procured to facilitate or to be used in furthering the activities of the organization
e.g. Capital items like Plants, Vehicles.
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Cost of Conversion
A/. Cost of Conversion is the cost of converting the raw material into finished products.
The details are:
(i) Direct Labour xxx
(ii) Direct Expenses (Royalties, Copy right) xxx
(iii) Production Overheads
(a) Indirect Materials (Lubricants) xxx
(b) Indirect Labour (Supervisor’s Salary) xxx
(c) Indirect Expenses (Utilities, depreciation, Rent) xxx xxxx
(iv) Other attributable Overheads (in bringing
product or Service to its present location xxxx
Cost of Conversion xxxx
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(i) The foregoing means the Total Cost of a manufactured product becomes:
Cost of Purchase xxxx
Cost of Conversion xxxx
Cost of Production xxxx
Add: (i) General and administrative Expenses xxxx
(ii) Selling and Distribution xxxx
Total Cost of Production xxxx
Add Profit xxxx
Selling Price xxxx
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When a Profit margin is added to the Total Cost, the selling price
of the product is then determined or arrived at.
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