Which of the following is one of the purposes of standard costs? a) To aid in planning controlling and cost-volume-profit analysis. b) To replace budgets and budgeting. c) To use them as a basis for external-reporting purposes. d) To eliminate having to account for under-applied or over-applied factory overhead. e) None of these.

Which of the following is one of the purposes of standard costs? a) To aid in planning controlling and cost-volume-profit analysis. b) To replace budgets and budgeting. c) To use them as a basis for external-reporting purposes. d) To eliminate having to account for under-applied or over-applied factory overhead. e) None of these.

Principles of Cost Accounting

17th Edition

ISBN:9781305087408

Author:Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. Mitchell

Publisher:Edward J. Vanderbeck, Maria R. Mitchell

Chapter6: Process Cost Accounting—additional Procedures; Accounting For Joint Products And By-products

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