Overheads can be absorbed into cost units by means of: • Physical unit produced • Percentage of prime cost • Percentage of direct wages • Direct labour hour rate • Machine hour rate

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• . Production Overheads are costs related to the production process other than direct labour and materials. They are also known as factory overheads since they are incurred inside the factory, other overheads such as selling and administrative overheads are always charged to in the period in which they are incurred
• If beginning work in process equivalent units are 2500 units, work done in current period equivalent units are 3800 units and ending work in process equivalent units are 5000, then complete equivalent units in current period are
• If beginning work in process equivalent units are 2500 units, work done in current period equivalent units are 3800 units and ending work in process equivalent units are 5000, then complete equivalent units in current period are
• Administration overheads and sales and distribution overheads are not absorbed into product costs. Instead, they are treated in full as an expense in the financial period to which they relate.
• Which of the following procedure is incorrect for attributing overhead costs to cost units? I. Collecting production overhead costs by item II. Establishing cost centres III. Allocating and apportioning overhead costs to cost centres IV. Apportioning service cost centre costs to production cost centres V. Absorbing production cost centre costs into cost units
• It is possible to add non-production overheads to the full production cost of units produced and sold (i.e. No cost will be carried forward to the next period in the form of closing stock), to obtain a full cost of sale.
• In Units basis, Common costs are apportioned between joint products on the basis of the total number of units produced. The cost per unit is the same for all the joint products. (This is also described as the physical quantities basis).
• The process of distribution of overheads allotted to a particular department or cost center over the units produced is called:
• Allocation is where overheads are allocated to cost centres. If a cost centre is responsible for the entire cost of an item of expenditure, the entire cost is charged directly to the cost centre.
• If the amount of production overheads absorbed into product costs is more than the actual production overhead expenditure, there is: