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Why Do Organizations Use Budgeted Rates Instead of Actual Rates

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Why do organizations use budgeted rates instead of actual rates to allocate the costs of support departments to each other and to user departments and divisions? Explain.


Definitions:

Straight Line Amortization

A method of allocating the cost of an intangible asset over its useful life in equal annual amounts.

Impairment

A decrease in the recoverable value of an asset below its carrying amount on the balance sheet, necessitating a write-off.

Goodwill

The intangible asset that arises when a company acquires another for a price higher than the fair value of its identifiable tangible and intangible assets.

Indefinite Useful Life

An intangible asset that is not expected to deplete over a measurable period of time, and hence is not amortized.

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