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Assigning indirect expenses to the department
Classification in terms of accounting is when the company accounts are determined for the chart of accounts. This classification helps the accounting department to allocate costs, expenses, and revenue to the correct accounts within the accounting system to appropriately track them.
Activity based costing allocate the overhead expenses based on activities performed and that's why it is an accurate way to allocate overhead expenses while in absorption costing, overheads are allocated based on some ratios or predetermined rate which is not accurate method of allocation of cost.
Companies allocate costs so that all elements that are part of that cost share the incurred costs. It is like spreading the costs amongst those that use it. Companies allocate costs merely to assign responsibility of those costs to either several departments within that company or to just one department. For example, think of a multi-divisional business that has to provide a security service to protect its building, all divisions in that business will share the costs of the security service.
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There are three basic methods to allocate service department costs to production departments or programs in a not-for-profit: (1) the direct method; (2) the step method; and (3) the reciprocal method.
Assigning indirect expenses to the department
Classification in terms of accounting is when the company accounts are determined for the chart of accounts. This classification helps the accounting department to allocate costs, expenses, and revenue to the correct accounts within the accounting system to appropriately track them.
cost categories are used to allocate the expenses, sales and purchases etc in various departments of a comapany. let us understand it with an example: suppose the predicted tarvelling expenses of company is 50000 rupees per month. now we can allocate it in various departments like sales, accopunts, hr etc. with help of cost catagerois and also pre define the expenses. cost categories are used to allocate the expenses, sales and purchases etc in various departments of a comapany. let us understand it with an example: suppose the predicted tarvelling expenses of company is 50000 rupees per month. now we can allocate it in various departments like sales, accopunts, hr etc. with help of cost catagerois and also pre define the expenses.
Cost unit is that department in company which causes the cost to allocate the product like manufacturing department, administration department etc.
Activity based costing allocate the overhead expenses based on activities performed and that's why it is an accurate way to allocate overhead expenses while in absorption costing, overheads are allocated based on some ratios or predetermined rate which is not accurate method of allocation of cost.
Companies allocate costs so that all elements that are part of that cost share the incurred costs. It is like spreading the costs amongst those that use it. Companies allocate costs merely to assign responsibility of those costs to either several departments within that company or to just one department. For example, think of a multi-divisional business that has to provide a security service to protect its building, all divisions in that business will share the costs of the security service.
it department that service your car
The National Park Service is under the U.S. Department of the Interior
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The Food and Nutrition Service is an agency of the US Department of Agriculture.
Yes it is part of administrative expneses because most of stationary is utilized in administration department.