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The first task in determining proper application is to separate the business into major cost groups, sometimes referred to as overhead pools. For example, if the largest cost of production is labor, a ...
Manufacturing overhead is applied to products on the basis of a predetermined overhead rate. This rate is calculated as the total estimated overhead for the period divided by the estimated activity ...