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Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting

2.1.1Materials and labour

Materials and labour in Cambridge AS & A Level Accounting: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 2.1.1.1Account for material and labour costs and identify and calculate direct and indirect costs.
  2. 2.1.1.2Identify and calculate fixed, variable, semi-variable and stepped costs.
  3. 2.1.1.3Calculate the value of closing inventory by FIFO and weighted average cost (AVCO), perpetual and periodic, and explain the principles of just in time (JIT).

Lessons

  • Accounting for materials and labour; just in time

    55 min

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  • Cost behaviour: fixed, variable, semi-variable and stepped costs

    50 min

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  • Cost terminology and the purposes of cost accounting

    45 min

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  • Inventory valuation: IAS 2, FIFO and AVCO

    50 min

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Materials and labour: sample question

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What happens to fixed cost per unit when output increases within the relevant range?

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