Although standard cost systems were initiated by manufacturing companies, these systems can also be used by service and not-for-profit organizations. In a standard cost system, both...
Disposition of under-applied or over-applied overhead depends on the significance of the amount involved. If the amount is immaterial, it is closed to Cost of Goods...
The predetermined overhead rates are used throughout the year to apply overhead to Work in Process Inventory. Overhead may be applied as production occurs, when goods...
Direct material and direct labor are easily traced to a product or service. Overhead, on the other hand, must be accumulated over a period and allocated...
How to allocate overhead? Let’s talk about it through this post. Corporations are required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to allocate (mathematically distribute or apportion)...
On this “Business Profitability Analysis” post I will focus on the factors that determine the profitability of individual products and help us to improve the decisions...