Managerial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780078025631
Author: Ray H Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter C. Brewer Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3, Problem 1Q
To determine

Overhead cost: Overhead cost is the indirect expense in a business. It is not directly involved in manufacturing or the delivery of a product.

The reason why overhead cost cannot be directly linked to jobs.

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Answer to Problem 1Q

Solution: The reason is that overhead costs are typically incurred for a period rather than for a particular job like in direct material and direct labour.

Explanation of Solution

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Direct material and direct labour costs are generally incurred for a particular job whereas manufacturing overhead is incurred for a number of jobs and typically incurred for a period which disables the ability to trace it to a particular job.

It is critical since it supports the profit generation objective of business. Like the direct costs incurred for the business, overhead cost cannot be linked directly to the generation of profits.

Conclusion

Due to the above mentioned reasons, overhead costs cannot be directly linked to jobs.

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Managerial Accounting

Ch. 3 - Prob. 1QCh. 3 - Prob. 2QCh. 3 - Prob. 3QCh. 3 - Prob. 4QCh. 3 - Prob. 5QCh. 3 - Prob. 6QCh. 3 - Prob. 7QCh. 3 - Prob. 8QCh. 3 - 3-9 What is underapplied overhead? Overapplied...Ch. 3 - Prob. 10QCh. 3 - Prob. 11QCh. 3 - Prob. 12QCh. 3 - Prob. 13QCh. 3 - This Excel worksheet relates to the Dickson...Ch. 3 - This Excel worksheet relates to the Dickson...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3AECh. 3 - This Excel worksheet relates to the Dickson...Ch. 3 - Prob. 1F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 2F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 3F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 4F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 5F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 6F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 7F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 8F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 9F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 10F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 11F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 12F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 13F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 14F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 15F15Ch. 3 - Prob. 1ECh. 3 - Prob. 2ECh. 3 - Prob. 3ECh. 3 - EXERCISE 24 Computing Total Job Costs and Unit...Ch. 3 - EXERCISE 2-5 Computing Total Job Costs and Unit...Ch. 3 - Prob. 6ECh. 3 - EXERCISE 2-7 Job-Order Costing; Working Backwards...Ch. 3 - Prob. 8ECh. 3 - EXERCISE 3-9 Journal Entries and T-accounts...Ch. 3 - Prob. 10ECh. 3 - Prob. 11ECh. 3 - Prob. 12ECh. 3 - Prob. 13ECh. 3 - Prob. 14ECh. 3 - Prob. 15ECh. 3 - Prob. 16ECh. 3 - Prob. 17ECh. 3 - Prob. 18ECh. 3 - Prob. 19ECh. 3 - EXERCISE 2—13 Departmental Predetermined Overhead...Ch. 3 - EXERCISE 214 Job-Orders Costing for a Service...Ch. 3 - Prob. 22PCh. 3 - PROBLEM 2—16 Plantwide Predetermined Overhead...Ch. 3 - Prob. 24PCh. 3 - Prob. 25PCh. 3 - Prob. 26PCh. 3 - Prob. 27PCh. 3 - PROBLEM 2-21 Plant wide Versus Multiple...Ch. 3 - CASE 2-22 Plantwide versus Departmental Overhead...Ch. 3 - Prob. 30C
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