
Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 15th Edition
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780133803815
Author: Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.12Q
To determine
Activity Based Costing:
Activity based costing is one of the methods of costing to identify the activities performed to manufacture a product and to allocate the
Indirect cost:
Indirect cost is that cost which is related to the multiple activities and therefore it is difficult to identify that cost with the manufacturing of a particular product.
To explain: ABC systems only apply to manufacturing companies or not.
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Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 15th Edition
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