Under the Stand-Alone Method of Allocating Common Costs ________

question 110

Multiple Choice

Under the stand-alone method of allocating common costs ________.

• A) the individual users of a cost object are ranked in the order of users least responsible for the common cost and then uses this ranking to allocate cost among those users
• B) disputes can arise over who is the primary user
• C) each party bears a proportionate share of the total costs in relation to their individual stand-alone costs
• D) the individual users of a cost object are ranked in the order of users most responsible for the common cost and then uses this ranking to allocate cost among those users

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Definitions:

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