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Cost Allocation to Product Units (I): Process Costing
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Reference: CN-156-E
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Number of pages: 11
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Publication Date: Jan 1, 1986
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Source: IESE (España)
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Type of Document: Technical Note
Description
This note first introduces the two basic systems for allocating costs to product units: process costing and job-order costing. Then, process costing is described in detail, including the calculation of equivalent units, allocation of costs to product units under FIFO and weighted-average methods, and journal entries of the operations.