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- It involves a great deal of clerical work in recording daily the cost of materials issued ,wages paid and overheads chargeable to each job or work order which adds to the cost of cost accounting. Thus it is expensive.
- The scope of committing mistakes is enough as the cost of one job may be wrongly posted to the cost of other job.
- Determination of overhead rate may involve budgeting of overhead expenses and the bases of overhead apportionment.
- Job costing is a historical costing which ascertains the cost of a job or product after it has been manufactured. It does not facilitate control of cost unless it is used with standard or estimated costing.
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REQUIRED
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Required:
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Trading and Profit and Loss A/C
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c) Sundry income is not considered.
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Materials - 50,000
Direct labor - 30,000
Plant - 80,000
Direct expenses - 20,000
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Stock of material 31/12/1980 - 10,000
Material returned to store - 2,000
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Cash received - 140,000
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