AFM481 Chapter Notes -Subledger, Income Statement, Financial Statement
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Product costs costs related to making/purchasing a product; aka manufacturing or inventoriable costs. Period costs operating costs; not related to making or purchasing a product; (ex admin costs s&a expenses) Three components: direct materials, direct labour, mfg overhead (all indirect expenses utilities, amortization, plant insurance, etc) Debit (raw materials) purchases of raw materials and costs of operation. Credit (raw materials) dm used (this is then split to direct/indirect) Debit (wip inventory) direct dm used + direct dl + mfg overhead* *mfg overhead is assigned to the product based on a rate. Includes dm and dl and costs related to the mfg facility. Excludes cost of operating activities not directly related s&a. Allocate both direct and overhead costs to continous-flowp rocessing lines (used for mass produced products) Direct and indrect costs are traced and allocated to production departments, then to units. Dm an ddl traced to individual jobs, production overhead allocated.