Contract Costing

 

Contract Costing 










Contract costing is that form of specific order costing under which each contract is treated as cost unit and costs are accumulated and ascertained separately for each contract.

Features of Contract Costing

Each contract is treated as cost unit

All costs are accumulated and ascertained for each contract

Work on contracts is usually executed at the site of contract

Indirect costs usually constitute a small portion of the total cost of the contract.

The numbers of contracts undertaken by a contractor at a time is not usually very large

 Direct costs usually constitute a major portion of the total cost of the contract

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