Book excerpt: A UGC recommended textbook for various commerce undergraduate programmes like BCom, BBA, BBM and BBS. Also useful for CA, CS, ICMA, MCom and MBA. The revised edition of Cost Accounting: Principles and Practice gives students a thorough grounding in cost concepts, cost behaviour and costing methods. The subject matter has been presented in a student-friendly, systematic and intelligible manner. Every discussion involving conceptual difficulties is immediately followed by a numerical example. A large number of charts and diagrams bring to light finer points of the subject and make it easily comprehensible. The subject matter has been organized on ';first things first' basis to sustain the interest of the students. An authentic book on Cost Accounting, which is indispensable for students at the undergraduate level New in this Edition • Reworked text for better understanding of the concepts • Recent questions from BCom, BBA, MBA, CA and CS examinations • Model test papers in Appendix