ACCT 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: European Cooperation In Science And Technology, Income Statement, Scatter Plot

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Cost behaviour how costs change with respect to changes in activity levels. To assess cost behaviour, the activity and the changes in the activity level must be measured. A factor that causes (drives) activity costs is called a cost driver. Knowing how costs behave with respect to a relevant activity measure (cost driver) is essential for planning, control, decision-making, and accurate product costing. Typically, three major categories of cost behaviour are identified: fixed, variable, and mix. Because of the difficulty in estimating the cost function, accountants usually approximate the underlying cost behaviour by assuming a linear relationship; total costs change at a constant rate. Fixed costs are constant within the relevant range as the level of the cost driver varies. To assess cost behaviour, firstly define a relevant cost driver (activity measure), secondly define relevant range the range over which the assumed fixed cost relationship is valid for the normal operations of an organisation.

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