Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts
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Author: Thomas P Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds, Bor-Yi Tsay, Philip R Olds
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Explain the manner in which activity based costing system improves accuracy in calculating the cost of goods and services.
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Activity-based costing:
ABC (activity-based costing) is a method used for recognizing and allocating the costs to
Activity based costing system underlay the fact that the company has 2 activity pools associated to overhead cost. Cost driver is the pool that is utilised to allocate the cost of each product and companywide overhead rate helps in allocating overhead cost. Therefore, ABC (activity based costing) analysis reflects the correct fact and the effective relationship of the company.
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