Define Responsibility Accounting and Describe Four Types of Responsibility Centres

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Essay

Define responsibility accounting and describe four types of responsibility centres.

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Definitions:

Single Plantwide

A method used to allocate manufacturing overhead to products, using a single overhead rate for the entire manufacturing plant.

Overhead Rate

The rate at which indirect costs are allocated to produced goods or services, often expressed as a percentage of direct labor or materials cost.

Activity-based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities they require, improving costing accuracy.

Overhead Cost

Overhead Cost encompasses indirect expenses related to operating a business that are not directly tied to a specific product or service, such as rent, utilities, and administrative salaries.