Examples of Contract Costing A bridge is needed over a river at a particular site, and a client gives a contractor this assignment. A contractor opens separate accounts for each contract and numbers them separately to identify any profit or loss made at each contract.
Examples: Direct Labor Costs: Wages of employees working directly on the contract. Direct Materials: Supplies used specifically for the contract. Allocated Costs: Costs of contract management, supervision, and depreciation of equipment used for the contract.
Job costing is when a firm makes custom products or services for each customer. Process costing is when a business makes lots of the same product, like in a factory. Contract costing is when a company works on a specific project for a customer.
A contract account is an accounting tool used to track financial transactions, such as revenue and expenses, for reporting and budgeting purposes. It helps a business better understand and report direct costs, which are expenses specifically attributable to the project, in an efficient and transparent manner.