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An entity's cost pool value is defined as a grouping of individual costs, typically by department or other category. Cost pool values allow for cost allocation decisions to be made.

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What is the Formula for cost allocation rate?

allocation rate=cost pool amount/ cost driver volume


What two cost elements are required to calculate an indirect cost rate?

Indirect cost rate is equal to Indirect Cost Pool divided by Indirect Cost Allocation Base.


Difference between Cost Allocation and cost apportionment?

Apportion means to assign cost based on a predetermined formula. For example, we would apportion a cost pool if the assignment of the cost was based on fixed amounts (e.g.,10 percent to cost objective one and ninety percent to cost objective two) or a three factor formula (e.g., a weighted average of sales, payroll, and asset value). In both cases the assignment of the cost is based on some predetermined method. Allocation means to assign cost on a rate or factor bases that attempts to assign cost using an allocation base that best measures a causal or beneficial relationship between the cost pool and the final cost objective.(e.g., direct labor hours, machine hours, etc.),


What two costs elements are required to calculate an indirect cost rate?

Indirect cost rate is equal to Indirect Cost Pool divided by Indirect Cost Allocation Base.


How does Activity-Based Costing work?

Activity-based costing (ABC) systems for applying overhead is a two-stage procedure.The first step begins with identifying significant activities in the production of the products (that is grouping similar activities into an activity pool) and assigning a cost to that pool according to the amount of resources consumed by the activity pools.In the second step:A cost driver (an event that results in the incurrence of cost) is identified and quantified ($$$) for eachactivity pool.A pool rate is computed for each activity by dividing the cost of each activity pool by the respective cost driver quantity.The activity cost for each product line is determined by multiplying the pool rate by the cost driver quantity incurred by each product line.Finally, to arrive at the activity cost per unit of product the activity cost for each product line is divided by each product line's production volume.The advantage of this system of applying cost is that it fairly and reflectively distributes cost among products because of the incorporation of multi cost drivers. At each step of the production (activity pools), there is a cost driver that has a rate that reflects the cost of producing with that activity. Thus by the end of the production, the costs assign are reflective of the process and costs.Hope that answers your question :)

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