Objectives of Activity Based Costing

The objectives of Activity Based Costing are as under:

  • To improve product costing
  • To identify non-value adding activities in the production process which might be a suitable focus for attention or elimination
  • To provide required information for decision making
  • To reduce the frivolous (nonessential) use of common resources
  • To encourage managers to evaluate the efficiency of internally provided services
  • To calculate the full cost of products for financial reporting purposes and for determining cost-based prices.
Distinction Between Traditional Absorption Costing and Activity Based Costing
Terminology of Activity Based Costing

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