What is the name of the technique that distributes the expenses of support departments to both operating and other support departments?

Department Costs, Common Costs and Revenues MCQs for PPSC, FPSC, NTS, and Pakistan government job tests. Select an option below, then read the explanation.

Department Costs, Common Costs and Revenues

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Explanation

Option A refers to the indirect method, which does not allocate costs to other support departments. Option B, the direct method, allocates costs only to operating departments. Option C, the step-down method, allocates support department costs sequentially to both operating and other support departments. Option D, the reciprocal method, fully recognizes mutual services between support departments.

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