In: Accounting
The following tasks are associated with an activity-based costing system:
1- ..... Calculation of cost application rates
2- ..... Identification of cost drivers
3- ..... Assignment of cost to products
4- ..... Identification of cost pools
Which of the following choices correctly expresses the proper order of the preceding tasks?
Steps in ABC Costing-
Step-1
Identification of cost pools,
Step-2
Identification of cost drivers,
Step-3
Calculation of cost application rates
Step-4
Assignment of cost to products
Explanation-
Activity based costing is method of costing where the indirect costs are identified based on it's behaviour.
Then these cost are allocated to job or specific product based on it's uses based on cost driver.
The above steps are used to implement the ABC system of costing.