Using Activity-Cost Rates Rather Than Department Indirect-Cost Rates to Allocate

question 158

Multiple Choice

Using activity-cost rates rather than department indirect-cost rates to allocate costs results in different product costs when ________.

• A) a single activity accounts for a sizable portion of department costs
• B) there are several homogeneous cost pools
• C) different activities have the same cost-allocation base
• D) different products use different resources in the same proportion

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Definitions:

Deadweight Loss

A loss of economic efficiency that can occur when the equilibrium for a good or service is not achieved or is not achievable, often due to market inefficiencies like taxes or subsidies.

Laffer Curve

A theoretical representation of the relationship between tax rates and the amount of tax revenue collected by governments.

Taxes Labor

Fiscal charges imposed on income earned from labor, either through employment or self-employment.

Labor Demand

The quantity of labor that employers are willing and able to hire at a given wage rate, in a given time period.