Factory Overhead Costs Can Be Allocated by a Process Cost

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True/False

Factory overhead costs can be allocated by a process cost accounting system to the output of production departments by using a predetermined overhead allocation rate.

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Definitions:

Double-Declining-Balance

A method of accelerated depreciation that doubles the straight-line depreciation rate; it applies this rate to the book value of the asset at the beginning of each year.

Depreciation

The process by which a business spreads out the cost of a capital asset over its expected useful life.

Double-Declining-Balance

A method of accelerated depreciation which doubles the straight-line depreciation rate, resulting in a faster depreciation of assets in the early years of their life.

Depreciation Expense

The organized allocation of a tangible asset's expenditure over its life of usefulness.