Why is overhead typically estimated and allocated as opposed to just traced to each job and recorded

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Why is overhead typically estimated and allocated as opposed to just traced to each job and recorded as indirect costs are paid?

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Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9780137689453

1st Edition

Authors: Jennifer Cainas, Celina J. Jozsi, Kelly Richmond Pope

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