Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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ISBN: 9781260708783
Author: LANEN, William
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 12, Problem 20CADQ
The manager of an operating department just received a cost report and has made the following comment with respect to the costs allocated from one of the service departments: “This charge to my division doesn’t seem right. The service center installed equipment with more capacity than our division requires. Most of the service department costs are fixed, but we seem to be allocated more costs in periods when other departments use less. We are paying for the excess capacity of other departments when other departments cut their usage levels.” How could this manager’s problem be solved?
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Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
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