[Solved] The task that sits at the heart of process costing is always to allocate the costs collected on the debit side of the account to the possible outputs (good output, closing WIP and lost units) on the credit side.

Q.	The task that sits at the heart of process costing is always to allocate the costs collected on the debit side of the account to the possible outputs (good output, closing WIP and lost units) on the credit side.
A.	The above statement is correct
B.	The above statement is incorrect
C.	none
D.	none
Answer» A. The above statement is correct

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