Chapter C, Problem 10DQ

To determine

Concept Introduction:

Direct and Indirect Costs:

Manufacturing costs can be divided into two types; Direct costs and Indirect costs. Direct costs are easily traceable with the product like direct material and direct labor and indirect costs are not traceable easily like indirect material indirect labor and overheads.

Manufacturing overhead costs:

Manufacturing overhead cost is the pool of all indirect costs incurred for the production. These are the costs which are not directly traceable to the product. Manufacturing costs include indirect material indirect labor and overheads.

To discuss:

The reason of not using the Activity based costing method to assign overhead costs.