ACC2200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Activity-Based Costing, Cost Driver, Management Accounting

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Week 7 - activity based costing ch 8, including appendix. Manufacturing overhead costs = all manufacturing costs other than dm and dl (depreciation of factory equipment, factory insurance, indirect materials, indirect labour, etc. ) Non-manufacturing costs = all costs incurred outside of manufacturing (research and design, hr, selling & administration expenses, customer support, etc) Since we don"t know how much overhead is used for each unit, we need to allocate it using some sort of basis. A cost pool is a collection of cost objects that are allocated to cost objects. Cost allocation base = a factor that allows us to allocate costs in a cost pool to cost objects (preferably a cost driver) Allows for an accurate product cost to be calculated. This is important for a range of management decisions; Prices to charge the profitability of particular product lines the value of goods in inventory. Helps increase accuracy of cost prediction helps keep cost prediction manageable) tension.

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