Cost Accounting (15th Edition)

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

Chapter 2 - An Introduction to Cost Terms and Purposes - Assignment Material - Questions - Page 54: 2-2

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Direct costs of an object are related to the particular cost object and can be traced to that cost object in an economically feasible (cost-effective) way. Indirect costs of a cost object are related to the particular cost object yet cannot be traced to that cost object in an economically feasible (cost-effective way. Cost assignment is a general term that encompasses the assignment of both direct costs and indirect costs to a cost object. Direct costs are traced to a cost object, in which indirect costs are allocated to a cost object.

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