What Is the Purpose of a Departmental Overhead Cost Report

question 98

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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