In: Accounting
(1) "Describe what is meant by "Cost Behavior".
(2) "Distinguish between a Variable Cost and Fixed Cost (in Total and Per Unit)".
(3) "Described what is a "Mixed Cost".
(4) "Discuss the purpose of uses of the "High-Low Method".
1 | Cost behaviour is associated with understanding how cost change in relation to change in level of | |||||||||
activity in the organisation | ||||||||||
2 | Variable cost is a cost that changes with the volume of activity. It increase with increase in the volume | |||||||||
of activity and decreases with a decrease. The per unit variable cost always remains the same but the | ||||||||||
total variable cost changes as per change in the volume of activity | ||||||||||
Fixed cost is a cost that does not change with a change in the volume of activity. It remains the same | ||||||||||
every time. Fixed cost is for the activity as a whole and not for per unit | ||||||||||
3 | Mixed cost is a cost that remains same upto a level of activity and starts to change after the volume | |||||||||
of activity exceeds that level. It is a combination of fixed cost and variable cost | ||||||||||
4 | High Low method is used to separate fixed and variable cost from a mixed cost. It compares the | |||||||||
cost at high levek of activity with the cost at low level of activity | ||||||||||