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Why would a firm use job order costing?

Updated: 9/11/2023
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Ayadabraha

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Fixed cost, being what they are and by nature, fairly consistant job to job (or no job), job order costing would become especially important when the variable costs relative to a job are such that it becomes the only effective way to determine the profitability, if any, of any specific project.

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