When Companies Experience Low Earnings,they May Choose to Reduce or Omit

question 51

True/False

When companies experience low earnings,they may choose to reduce or omit their dividends.

---

Definitions:

Underapplied Overhead

Refers to the situation where the allocated amount of overhead costs in the cost accounting process is less than the actual overhead costs incurred.

Predetermined Overhead Rate

A rate used to allocate estimated indirect costs to individual units of production, based on a predetermined formula.

Product Costs

The costs directly associated with the production of goods or services, including materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead.

Budgeted Overhead

Forecasted costs related to the operation of a business that do not directly correlate to the production of goods or services.