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(i) Integrated Cost accounts:
This is a single comprehensive accounting system with no division between financial and cost
accounts. The same bases are used for depreciation and stock valuation and thus there is no need for
reconciliation between the cost profit and the financial profit. Financial profit will be cost profit
adjusted for any non-cost items such as income from investments.
(ii) Interlocking Cost Accounts:
This system uses separate cost accounts which are periodically reconciled with the
financial accounts. Different bases are adopted for depreciation and stock valuations. The
interlocking of the financial accounts and the cost accounts is carried out by the use of
control accounts in each set of accounts: i.e.
- A cost ledger control account in the financial accounts; and
- A financial ledger control account in the cost accounts
(iii) Cost Ledger Control Account
This is a memorandum account (not part of double entry) maintained in the financial
accounts. In it is posted all entries which are to be transferred to the cost accounting system.
(iv) Cost Ledger Contra Account
Also called a Cost Ledger Account, financial ledger control account or a general ledger
control account. It is maintained in the cost accounts as part of the double entry. It also
enables the financial and cost ledgers to be interlocked because it must agree with the
memorandum cost ledger control account in the financial accounts.
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