Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
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ISBN: 9781118334331
Author: Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Activity Based Costing: Activity Based Costing refers to the allocation of the factory overheads when there are numerous products and processes. Activity based costing aims at assigning the costs among the products in a proportionate way. Activity Based Costing has four levels of activity.

To Classify: The given cost pool on the basis of the level of activities.

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