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Distinguish between process costing and job-order costing and identify companies that would use each costing method.

Identify the documents used in a job-order costing system.

Compute predetermined overhead rates and explain why estimated overhead costs (rather than actual overhead costs) are used in the costing process.

Understand the flow of costs in a job-order costing system and prepare appropriate journal entries to record costs.

Apply overhead cost to Work in Process using a predetermined overhead rate.

Prepare schedules of cost of goods manufactured and cost of goods sold.

Use T-accounts to show the flow of costs in a job-order costing system.

Compute underapplied or overapplied overhead cost and prepare the journal entry to close the balance in Manufacturing Overhead to the appropriate accounts.

(Appendix 3A) Understand the implications of basing the predetermined overhead rate on activity at capacity rather than on estimated activity for the period.







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