In a Traditional Accounting System, Many Indirect Costs Are Assigned

question 30

Multiple Choice

In a traditional accounting system, many indirect costs are assigned to overhead because they are difficult to trace to a product or process. Consequently, many environmental costs may be concealed in the overhead account. This is an example of which type of EMA implementation challenge?

• A)Historical orientation of accounting
• B)Communication issue
• C)Newness of EMA
• D)Hidden Cost

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