Cost Accounting (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133428702
ISBN 13: 978-0-13342-870-4

Chapter 17 - Process Costing - Assignment Material - Questions - Page 696: 17-9

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The term "FIFO" is often modified as "departmental FIFO" because, in practice, the goods transferred into a department during a specific period usually carry a single average unit cost. This is done for convenience and simplification, as tracking distinct FIFO costs for each unit transferred in can be cumbersome and less practical in many cases.

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