ACCA MA 2 Managing Costs and Finance

ACCA MA 2: Managing Costs and Finance

The syllabus for MA2, Managing Costs and Finance, introduces candidates to costing and financing principles and techniques and elements of management accounting that are used to make and support decisions.

The syllabus starts by introducing candidates to management information, clearly distinguishing it from financial accounting information. The next section introduces the basics of recording costs in management accounting. Coverage of a variety of costing methods used in business follows this. The next area of the syllabus introduces candidates to the use of management accounting in support of decision-making.

Finally, the syllabus introduces the concept of cash management as an essential element of planning.

Course Curriculum

Demo Lectures
4 Lessons
- Fixed and Variable Costs (12:41)
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- Direct and Indirect Costs (9:25)
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- Short Decision Making & Relevant Cost of Materials (29:03)
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- Limiting Factor Explained (22:03)
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ACCA MA 2 Resources
6 Lessons
- About Customized Study Planner (13:47)
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- Create Your Own Customized Study Plan
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- Download The Mobile App For The Study Planner
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- MA2 Resources
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- Using Vertex Portal - Watch Complete Video (15:23)
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- Standard Study Plan
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Chapter 1 - Accounting for Management
8 Lessons
- Read before you begin
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- 1. Introduction to Management Accounting (16:31)
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- 2. Planning, Control and Decision Making (19:32)
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- 3. Financial Accounting versus Management Accounting (21:14)
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- 5. Discussion in detail(54:00)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- 4. Practice Questions (13:55)
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- Quiz - Accounting for Management
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Chapter 2 - The Role of Information Technology
4 Lessons
- 1. Role of Information Technology
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- 2. Practice Questions For Chapter 1 and 2(54:22)
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- Quiz - Introduction to management information
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- Complete Study Notes
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Chapter 3 - Cost Classification
11 Lessons
- 1. Introduction to Costing (8:50)
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- 2. Fixed and Variable Costs (12:41)
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- 3. Direct and Indirect Costs (9:25)
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- 4. Production Costs (24:10)
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- 5. Non Production Costs (8:28)
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- 6. Warehousing and Transportation Costs (7:28)
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- 7. Functional Costs (3:44)
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- 8. High Low Method (21:29)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- 9. Quick Recap and Practice Questions (30:58)
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- Quiz - Cost Classification
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Chapter 4 - Cost Behavior
4 Lessons
- 1. Cost Behavior (21:22)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- 2. Practice Questions (15:03)
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- Quiz - Cost Behaviour
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Chapter 5 - Information For Comparison
5 Lessons
- 1. Information for comparison (51:56)
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- 2- Practice Questions (17:32)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- 3. BPP Kit Questions Information for comparision
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- Quiz - Information for Comparison
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Chapter 6 - Reporting Management Information
4 Lessons
- 1. Reporting Management Information (34:58)
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- 2. Practice Questions (13:17)
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- 3. Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Reporting Management Information
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Chapter 7 - Materials
11 Lessons
- 1. Accounting for Materials (10:47)
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- 2. Inventory Ordering and Receipt (28:34)
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- 3. EOQ - Economic Order Quantity (36:37)
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- 4. Inventory Valuation - FIFO - LIFO (13:27)
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- 5. Inventory Valuation - Average Cost Method (12:44)
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- 6. Recap (55:17)
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- 7. Practice Questions -1 (21:56)
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- 8. Practice Questions - 2 (16:47)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Materials - Theory
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- Quiz - Materials - Calculations
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Chapter 8 - Labor Cost
5 Lessons
- 1. Remuneration Methods (18:16)
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- 2. Direct and Indirect Labor Cost (13:22)
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- 3. Practice Questions
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- 4. Practice Questions - 2
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- Complete Study Notes
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Chapter 9 - Expenses
5 Lessons
- 1. Expenses (20:43)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- 2. Practice Questions (21:07)
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- Quiz - Theory - Expesnes
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- Quiz - Calculations - Expenses
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Chapter 10 - Overheads
14 Lessons
- 1. Accounting for Overheads (17:05)
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- 2. Absorption Costing Method (25:09)
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- 3. Under / Over Absorption (11:04)
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- 4. Service Cost Center Overheads 1 (30:42)
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- 5. Service Cost Center Overheads 2 (14:16)
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- 6. Q 8.1 - 8.2 - 8.3 - 8.6 - 8.7 - 8.13 - 8.14 - 8.17 - 8.19 - 8.20 BPP Kit(25:07)
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- 7. Q 8.14 - 8.17 BPP Kit (15:13)
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- 8. Mark up and Margin Extra Session (28:26)
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- 9. Practice Questions - 1 (11:06)
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- 10. Practice session - 2 (30:00)
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- QUIZ - Overheads
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- QUIZ - Overheads
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- Complete Study Notes
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Chapter 11 - Marginal Costing
6 Lessons
- 1. Absorption and Marginal Costing - Complete (28:56)
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- 2. Questions on demand (18:27)
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- 3. Questions on demand 2 (02:30)
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- 4. Q 9.1 - 9.5 BPP Kit (21:07)
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- 7. Quick Recap (10:25)
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- Complete Study Notes
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Chapter 12 - Cost Bookkeeping
4 Lessons
- 1. Cost Bookkeeping Lecture (15:26)
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- 2. Practice Questions
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Cost Bookkeeing
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Chapter 13 - Job, Batch and Service Costing
6 Lessons
- 1. Job, Batch and Service Costing (16:54)
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- 2. Batch Costing and Service Costing (19:48)
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- 3. Practice Questions (18:59)
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- 4. Revision (30:39)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Job, Batch and Service Costing
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Chapter 14 - Process Costing
12 Lessons
- 1. Process costing - Introduction (10:57)
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- 2. Process Costing - Simple Example (09:20)
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- 3. Normal Losses- Abnormal Losses - Abnormal Gains (21:17)
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- 4. Work in Process - Weighted Average Method (23:29)
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- 5. Statement of Equivalent Units - Extra (19:20)
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- 6. Bonus - Cost Flow Within an Organization (23:20)
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- 7. Joint and By Products (08:04)
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- 8. Practice Questions
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- Complete Study Notes
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- 9. Quiz Recap and Practice Questions (32:26)
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- Quiz - Process Costing
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- Quiz - Process Costing, Join Products and by products
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Chapter 15 - Cost Volume Profit Analysis
5 Lessons
- 1. Cost Volume Profit Analysis (36:00)
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- 2. Practice Questions (14:54)
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- 3. Quick Recap and Practice Questions (37:54)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Cost Volume Profit Analysis
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Chapter 16 - Short Term Decision Making
8 Lessons
- 1. Short Decision Making & Relevant Cost of Materials (29:03)
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- 2. Relevant Cost of Labor (13:06)
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- 3. Limiting Factor Explained (22:03)
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- 4. Limiting Factor Question With Explanation (14:06)
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- 5. Practice Questions (14:29)
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- 6. Quick Recap and Practice Questions (42:05)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Short Term Decision Making
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Chapter 17 - Investment Appraisal
13 Lessons
- 1. Capital Expenditure Budgeting (20:53)
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- 2. Compounding and Discounting (18:31)
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- 3. Discounting Cash Flow (DCF) (28:51)
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- 4. What is Net Present Value - NPV (07:55)
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- 5. Internal Rate of Return - IRR (09:33)
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- 6. Annuity (10:35)
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- 7. Perpetuity (07:24)
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- 8. NPV and IRR Discussion (17:16)
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- 9. Nominal and Effective Interest Rate (07:02)
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- 10. Prepayment in Discounted Cash Flow (05:15)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- 11. Revision and Practice Questions (60:00)
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- 12. Practice Questions (33:19)
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Chapter 18 - Cash and Cash Flow
8 Lessons
- 1. Cash Flow and Working Capital Cycle (17:46)
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- 2. Types of Cash Transactions (16:01)
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- 3. Profit and Cash (18:12)
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- 4. Negative Cash Flow (14:16)
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- 5. Accrual Based Accounting (12:53)
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- 6. Practice Questions (11:57)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Cash and Cash Flow
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Chapter 19 - Cash and Treasury Management
6 Lessons
- 1. Introduction to Treasury Management (8:17)
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- 2. Cash Handling and Management (32:45)
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- 3. Economic and Financial Environment (7:21)
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- 4. Practice Questions
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- Quiz - Cash and Treasury Management
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- Complete Study Notes
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Chapter 20 - Forecasting Cash Flows
5 Lessons
- 1. Introduction to Cashflow Forecasting (17:02)
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- 2. Preparing Cash Budgets (22:25)
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- 4. Introduction to Time Series (18:22)
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- 5. Moving Averages (13:40)
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- 6. Time Series Explained With Example (27:03)
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Chapter 21 - Investing Surplus Funds
3 Lessons
- 1. Practice Questions
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- Quiz - Investing Surplus Funds
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- Complete Study Notes
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Chapter 22 - Raising Finance from a bank
3 Lessons
- 1. Practice Questions
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- Quiz - Raising Finance from a bank
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- Complete Study Notes
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Ma2 Mock Exam
2 Lessons
- MA2 Mock 1
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- MA2 Mock 2
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