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Cost accounting examines the cost structure of a business. It does so by collecting information about the costs incurred by a company's activities, assigning selected costs to products and services and other cost objects, and evaluating the efficiency of cost usage. Cost accounting is mostly concerned with developing and understanding of where a company earns and loses money, and providing input into decisions to generate profits in the future.