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Jermaine Morgan
on Oct 15, 2024
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ABC is more costly to implement and maintain than more traditional overhead costing systems.
ABC
A costing method that identifies activities in an organization and assigns the cost of each activity to products or services according to the actual consumption.
Overhead Costing Systems
Methodologies used to allocate indirect costs (overhead) to products or services, which may vary depending on the costing approach (e.g., traditional costing or activity-based costing).
- Identify and describe the difference between plantwide overhead rate, departmental overhead rate, and activity-based costing (ABC) methods.
- Acquire knowledge of the procedures included in activity-based costing and its objective for the allocation of overhead expenses.
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Learning Objectives
- Identify and describe the difference between plantwide overhead rate, departmental overhead rate, and activity-based costing (ABC) methods.
- Acquire knowledge of the procedures included in activity-based costing and its objective for the allocation of overhead expenses.
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