What Is the Purpose of a Departmental Overhead Cost Report

question 93

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a departmental overhead cost report?

• A)to control corporate labour costs
• B)to allocate uncontrollable costs
• C)to determine the cause of any misuse of costs
• D)to control overhead costs

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