What Are the Two Steps of a Sec

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What are the two steps of a Sec. 338 deemed liquidation election?

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Definitions:

Underapplied

Refers to the situation where allocated overhead costs are less than the actual overhead costs incurred.

Cost of Goods Sold

The direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company, including labor, materials, and manufacturing overhead.

Job-Order Costing System

An accounting method used to track costs and evaluate the profitability of individual jobs or orders by accumulating the costs associated with a specific batch of products.

Overapplied

A situation where the allocated manufacturing overhead costs are more than the actual overhead costs incurred, resulting in a variance.