Answered: In Traditional product costing systems,…

Managerial Accounting

15th Edition

ISBN:9781337912020

Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Publisher:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Chapter4: Activity-based Costing

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In Traditional product costing systems, the measure of product activity is usually some volume based cost driver, like direct labor hours. True or False?

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There are two costing system are followed which are,

(1) Traditional costing

(2) Activity based costing

Traditional costing follows traditional basis for the determining of productivity and allocating overhead costs.

On other hand activity based costing first separate overhead cost into different type of activities and allocate cost based on each activity driver.

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