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The important characteristics of ABC are noted below:

v 1)Simple traditional distinction made between fixed cost and variable cost is not enough guide to provide quality information to design a cost system.

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2)The more appropriate distinction between cost behaviour patterns are volume(scale) related, diversity(scope) related, events(decisions) related and time related.

v 3)Cost drivers need to be identified. A cost driver is a structural determinant of cost related activity. The logic behind is that cost drivers dictate the cost behaviour pattern. In tracing overhead cost to product, a cost behaviour pattern must be understood so that appropriate cost driver could be identified.

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